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  1. Z

    Food coloring... everywhere?

    OK, I'm interested in seeing what responses are generated to this concept. When I was very young, I was diagnosed as hyperactive, as MANY kids our age were (I'm 33 - damn near 34). At first, the prevaling drug of the time was employed (I don't remember, quit asking) and it had exactly the...
  2. J

    Why didn't the FDA say anything about cigarettes being spiked to cause addiction?

    On 8 May 1998, the State of Minnesota reached a historic settlement with the tobacco industry. One of the many terms of the settlement which were favourable to public health was the agreement extracted from the tobacco industry to place nearly all the tobacco industry documents produced during...
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  3. M

    FDA Approves So African AIDS Drug

    from Voice of America today:
  4. R

    Why We Need The FDA

    To protect us, of course. Item: "Many consumers taking Vioxx have suffered strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, chest pains, blood clots, serious bleeding and even death..." "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Vioxx in 1999 for the treatment of osteoarthritis and the...
  5. MRC_Hans

    FDA clamps down on quack medicine

    The FDA cracks down on another quack company: Warning letter I wish they would do it more often, there is enough to start on. Hans
  6. B

    Colonic manufacturer gets FDA warning letter

    As a result of one woman dying from a perforated bowel after using one of these worthless devices. I still can't believe how many woowoos advocate colonics, either via irrigator like this or other absurd measures. fda colonic warning
  7. Z

    FDA Eases Rules on Food Health Claims

  8. MRC_Hans

    FDA clamps down on quack medicine #2

    Here is a list of some of the quack actions that have been stiffled by the FDA within the last couple of months... Quack medicine, potassium iodine claimed to cure practically everything: http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g4088d.htm Misbranding medication in hopes of selling it to more...
  9. S

    Downsize DC: How the FDA Helped Kill My Dad

    On the American Liberty Foundation's new Downsize DC website, Jim Babka has a nice, very personal, and fully sourced article on the FDA and the harm it causes: http://www.downsizedc.org/cases/fda.shtml
  10. R

    FDA requires warning labels on ephedrine

    http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.fitness/02/28/ephedra.fda/index.html On the TV version of same, the newscaster made a comment which somewhat worried me. He said that the FDA can only require that herbals be taken off the market if they are an "imminent danger to consumers." However, actual...
  11. MRC_Hans

    FDA clamps down on Quack medicine producer.

    The FDA has issued a warning letter to a producer of quack medicine after finding unsubstantiated claims on labelling. Full text of waning letter here: http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/g3819d.htm Way to go :D Hans

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