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How a Shadow Drug Industry Tries to Avoid Regulation
Big pharma attempts to avoid regulations in order to cover their tracks.
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Dietary Supplements Show Promise for Treating Depression: Tryptophan, 5-HTP, SAMe, and St. John’s Wort
The FDA has not examined clinical studies, so optimal doses are undefined, and contra-indications are unevaluated.
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FDA Offers Broad New Rules to Fight Food Contamination
It is a long-awaited step toward codifying the food safety law that Congress passed two years ago.
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Voters Reject California Proposal to Label GMO Foods After Bitter, Industry-Funded Campaign
Prop 37 was down 53 percent to 47 percent with 90 percent of the votes tallied Wednesday morning.
Behind the Meningitis Outbreak: Pharmacies fought FDA regulation
At the heart of the tragedy is the compounderu2019s successful track record blocking FDA authority that could have averted the disaster.
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How Genetically Modified Corn Is Creating Super Worms
What information did the Monsanto Company pay $4.2 million dollars to keep from the public?
Former FDA Reviewer Speaks Out About Intimidation, Retaliation and Marginalizing of Safety
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often accused of serving industry at the expense of consumers.
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FDA and GE: Extra Radiation? Who Cares?
Food and Drug Administration officials reacted to suspected whistleblowing by some of its scientists, about excessive radiation from medical imaging devices, by spying on several. But the larger issue …
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FDA Makes It Official: BPA Can’t Be Used in Baby Bottles and Cups
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that baby bottles and childrenu2019s drinking cups could no longer contain bisphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical used in some …
Controversial Drug Receives Military Restrictions and FDA Warnings as Its Patent Expires
The military blew millions of dollars only to discover that antipsychotics are not effective against post-traumatic stress disorder.