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Food Crisis: A Regulatory Meltdown No Bailout Can Save

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Gmos, Fatalities, Budget Cuts, Food Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Salmonella, Producers, Food-Borne Diseases, Bush Administration, Infectious Diseases, Fda, Laissez-Faire, Food Safety, Food, Food and Drug Administration, Gmo, Politics News
Andrew Kimbrell

The problems we face in food safety are familiar when viewing the unfolding financial crisis. We see cuts in agency budgets, weakening of regulations, and the fox being put in charge of the henhouse.

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Just How Corrupted Has American Medicine Become?

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Corruption, Neurontin, Big Pharma, New England Journal of Medicine, Medicine, Health, Drug Companies, Cme, Drug Sales, David Franklin, Pfizer, Fda Approval, Drug Marketing, Fda, Epilepsy Drugs, Drug Company Executives, Parke-Davis, Warner-Lambert, Doctors and Drug Companies, Business News
Bruce E. Levine

Drug-company corruption of American medicine is of course not news. What is news is that such corruption has become so egregious, so transparent, and so embarrassing.

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A New Year's Resolution for the FDA: Kick the Drug (Company) Addiction

Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Fda, Food and Drug Administration, Politics News
Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee

The FDA needs to admit that it is currently powerless over the industry it is supposed to be regulating; it has let Big Pharma take over and become dependent on drug company money.

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Peaceful Revolution: When Did It Get So Hard To Be A Mom?

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Causes of Autism, Genetically Engineered Foods, Asthma, Food Safety, Adhd, Autism, Parenting, Fda, Momsrising, Peanut Allergies, Food Dyes, Parenting and Food, Chemicals and Autism, Sick Children, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Ten years ago, we didn't worry about sending a peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into school with our children, and we didn't medicate our eight year olds to get them through the school day.

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Tools

Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Greed, Law Enforcement, Worldcom, S&L, Epa, Enron, Obama Administration, Republican Conservatives, Jaywalking, Fda, Bernie Madoff, Tools, Security and Exchange Commission, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Economic Corruption, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

Society does not work when it takes for granted the system's corruptibility. Make laws to protect society and expect them to be enforced.

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14 Steps to Food Safety

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 01.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumers Union, Pesticides, Food Policy Institute, Organic Food, Food and Water Watch, Fda, Safety, Food Imports, Food, Environmental Working Group, Center for Food Safety, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

I was shocked to learn that only 1% of most imported food gets inspected. Unless sticking to natural, non processed, domestic foods, there is no way of knowing for sure what's in our food.

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Mamet and Mercury

Kate Kelly | Posted 01.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Speed-the-Plow, Fda, Environment, Jeremy Piven, Mercury Poisoning, David Mamet, Green News
Kate Kelly

While there may be a back story that prompted David Mamet to make his remark about Jeremy Piven, his comment is wildly inappropriate in that it makes light of a very serious environmental problem.

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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Is It Possible Madoff and Feeder Funds Will Not Be Sued by Big Fish?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Yachts, Sec, karmabanque.com, Madoff, Pyramid Scheme, Mafia, Billionaires, Tax Evasion, Bush, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Fda, Financial Crisis, Fuld, Ubp, Zell, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Why would certain well-off clients and investors in the feeder funds (for example Switzerland's Union Bancaire Privee) not sue Madoff for his illegal ...

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George Bush's Confession: False Contrition at its Worst

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Tropical Forests, Fda, Environment, Valerie Plame, Iraq, Biological Diversity, Torture, Walter Reed, George W. Bush, President Bush Regrets, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Yes, George, we will remember you, exactly as you wish, as a president who came in and left with his values intact.

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Midnight Regs: Pollution in National Parks And More!

ProPublica | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Hud, Midnight Regulations, Fda, Air Pollution, National Parks, Epa, Politics News
ProPublica

Today's additions to our Midnight Regulations chart include rules that affect our national parks, the approval and labeling of genetically-modified food, and public access to information.

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Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech "Yes Men"

Jeffrey Smith | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Joseph Cortright, Gmos, Transition Team, Tom Vilsack, Dennis Wolff, Fda, Barack Obama, Monsanto, Rbgh, Secretary of Agriculture, Genetically Engineered Food, Michael Taylor, Unbossed, Dan Glickman, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Obama Transition, Obama GMOs, Bovine Growth Hormone, Usda, Food and Drug Administration, Steven Druker, Oregon, Genetic Engineering, Rbst, Obama Usda, Green News
Jeffrey Smith

Instead of giving us change and hope, biotech "Yes Men" on Obama's team may prolong the hypnotic "group think" that has been institutionalized over three previous administrations.

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Momonomics 103: The Price Tag of Health Care

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Epa, Politics, Fda, Health Care Costs, Economy, Health, Asthma, Adhd, Food, Diabetes, Health Care, Allergies, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

Today it is estimated that 50 per cent of Hispanic and African-American children will develop diabetes, that 1 in 90 boys has autism, and that 1 in 4 children has asthma.

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New Fillers For Those Stubborn Wrinkles

Dr. Anne Chapas | Posted 12.18.2008 | Style

Read More: Fda, Collagen Injections, Fighting Wrinkles, Health, Injectable Fillers, American Society for Dermatological Surgery, Cosmetic Side Effects, Hylauronic Acid Fillers, Calcium Hydroxylapetite, Fda Approval, Facial Fillers, Restylane, Facial Appearance, Poly-L-Lactic Acid, Facial Health, Evolence, Anaphylactic Shock, Radiesse Wrinkles, Cosmoderm, Cosmetic Surgery, Cosmoplast, Style News
Dr. Anne Chapas

The latest generation of injectable fillers has been shown to stimulate collagen growth in order to replace the underlying skin scaffolding and create softer and more natural contours.

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Common Plastic Found to Leak Chemicals

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Research, Biology, Packaging, Regulation, Science, Green Living, Fda, Toxic Chemicals, Health, Contamination, Green News, Environment, Plastic, Bisphenol A, Food and Drug Administration, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

Two highly reactive chemicals in a common plastic can leak from disposable lab equipment and skew the outcome of life science research.

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FDA and Vouchers for Neglected Diseases: A Bad Idea Gone Bad

Merrill Goozner | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Malaria, Healthcare Vouchers, Fda, Neglected Diseases, Disease, Health, Living, Living News
Merrill Goozner

The unintended consequences of an ill-conceived incentive scheme will be on full display when Novartis goes before an FDA advisory committee seeking approval for its anti-malarial pill.

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Here Come the Four Horses of the Apocalypse, FDA Lawyers

Doug Bremner | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Preemption, US Supreme Court, FDA Approvals, Fda, Healthcare, Politics News
Doug Bremner

This weekend was All Soul's Day, so I thought it appropriate that our own four horsemen of the apocalypse are ushering in our day of doom.

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BPA: Can This Chemical Hurt Your Family?

Sloan Barnett | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Bisphenol A, Green Living, Green Goes With Everything, Fda, Green News
Sloan Barnett

Just last April, Canada banned the use of BPA in baby bottles. So why is our government still allowing BPA to be used?

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End of the Innocence: McCain, Obama and Vaccines. Oh My!

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Informed Consent, Jenny McCarthy Autism, Autism Thimerosal, Mccain, Obama, Thimerosal, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Vaccines, John McCain, Cdc, Rebecca Estepp, Fda, Campaign Promises, Vaccine Policy, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Autistic Children, Bush Adminstration, Autism Activism, Hhs, Neurotoxin, Nih, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Will the next administration set serious goals of reversing the rate of autism diagnosis by the end of their term or just declare autism a national health emergency and let it go at that?

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Some of Us Physicians Actually Care About Our Patients

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Health, Carol Levine, Preemption, Fda, Legal, Living News
Doug Bremner

George Bush appointed a veterinarian to run our nation's drug regulatory body, who was foolish enough to not disclose or divest of the pharmaceutical stocks he owned, and had to resign.

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Bush Administration Made Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority

Les Weisbrod | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Toys, Diana Levine, Supreme Court, Recalls, Lead, Les Weisbrod, US Supreme Court, Regulatory Agencies, Cpsc, Drugs, Pet Food, Corporate Accountability, Wyeth, American Association for Justice, Bush Administration, Fda, Attorneys General, Trial Lawyer, Pharma, Politics News
Les Weisbrod

In the past three years federal agencies, have engaged in a campaign to hand corporations a 'get-out-of jail-free' pass when their products have harmed consumers.

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Kids' Cold Medicine Should Be Recalled, Doctors Tell FDA

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Parenting, Kids' Cold Medicine, Fda, Pediatricians, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A top government health official Thursday rejected pediatricians' calls for an immediate ban on over-the-counter cough and cold med...

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FDA: Another Government Regulatory Disaster -- II of III

Deirdre Imus | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Toxins, Antidepressants, Fda, Vioxx, Drug Companies, Green News, Bpa, Health, Pharmacueticals, Environmental Health, Children's Health, Drug, Children's Environmental Health, Politics News
Deirdre Imus

Besides a complete overhaul, a few prosecutions might be just the medicine the FDA needs.

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Health News You Won't Read About in the New York Times

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Accutane, Health, Birth Defect, Vitamins, Animal Testing, Pregnancy, New York Times, Fda, Living News
Doug Bremner

Here's a forgotten chapter from pharmaceutical history. The acne drug, Accutane, manufactured by Roche Pharmaceuticals, has been associated with hundreds of birth defects.

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Life Cycle: The Birth and Death of Your Bootleg DVDs

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Muggles, Banned, Polycarbonate, Bootleg, Green, Titanic, Aluminum, Co2, Dvds, Lord Voldemort, Dvd, Green Living, #7, Rihanna, Fda, Bisphenol-A, Mother Earth, Environment, Waste, Bpa, Plastic, Carbon Dioxide, Sarah Smarsh, Netflix, Harry Potter, Mia, Simran Sethi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Your cinematic experience leaves its mark not only on your heart, but on the planet.

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