<![CDATA[Warning: This Agency's Recommendations May be Hazardous to Your Health -- The First in a Three-Part Series]]>

1.0 link 126914 <![CDATA[Warning: This Agency's Recommendations May be Hazardous to Your Health -- The First in a Three-Part Series]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deirdre-imus/warning-this-agencys-reco_b_126914.html Over the past decade, the Food and Drug Administration has shown itself to be either inexcusably incompetent, something much worse, or both.

There was a time when the FDA was considered the gold standard throughout the world in maintaining drug and food safety. Today, however, the 102 year-old agency's image is tarnished almost beyond repair. Drawing bi-partisan fire from both sides of Congress, the scientific community and within the agency itself, accusations that the FDA has become too politicized over...

]]> 2008-10-18T05:12:00-04:00