Food and Drug Administration
Are chemicals altering the planet?
Submitted by MichaelVail on Tue, 02/19/2008 - 3:49pm.
Chemicals surround us; from the food we eat, to the electronic devices we use, to the clothes we wear.
But to what extent do they put our health in danger? That's a question increasingly being asked by scientists. Despite promises from the federal government, little to no research is actually being done.
Chinese factory linked to drug - heparin - under inquiry in U.S.
Submitted by MichaelVail on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 6:58pm.
WASHINGTON: A Chinese factory that has not been inspected by the Food and Drug Administration is the source for the active ingredient of a critical blood-thinning drug whose production was suspended this week after 350 patients reported ill effects from it.
At least four people died after being given the drug, heparin.
Imported Food Rarely Inspected
Submitted by MichaelVail on Mon, 04/16/2007 - 7:31pm.
WASHINGTON -- Just 1.3 percent of imported fish, vegetables, fruit and other foods are inspected - yet those government inspections regularly reveal food unfit for human consumption.
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