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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "fda"

Letting the Science, Not the Politicians, Decide About Marijuana

Letting the Science, Not the Politicians, Decide About Marijuana

Jag Davies, AlterNet. November 4, 2009.
The federal govt. is still blocking the process that would allow the marijuana plant to be brought to market as a prescription medicine.

No One Wants to Die From Dinner -- Here's a Quick Primer on What's Safe to Eat and Who's Looking Out for Your Health

No One Wants to Die From Dinner -- Here's a Quick Primer on What's Safe to Eat and Who's Looking Out for Your Health

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. October 17, 2009.
Thousands are dying every year from food-borne illness and we have a confusing morass of regulations and agencies charged with enforcing them. How to sort out the mess?

Why a Ban on Flavored Cigarettes and Outdoor Smoking Will Backfire

Why a Ban on Flavored Cigarettes and Outdoor Smoking Will Backfire

Tony Newman, AlterNet. September 25, 2009.
We should celebrate our success curbing cigarette smoking but let's not get carried away and think that criminalizing smoking is the answer.

"When in Doubt, Add Bacon and Cheese": How the Food Industry Hijacked Our Brains and Made Us Fat

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. August 10, 2009.
The food industry has changed American eating habits and helped create the country's No. 1 public-health issue.

Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?

Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. July 25, 2009.
Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the "side effect" of getting people high.

Drug Suspected in Michael Jackson Death Subject of Recall

Sheri Fink, ProPublica July 14, 2009.

Senate Votes For Unprecedented Tobacco Controls

Agence France Presse June 11, 2009.
The bill would overturn decades of resistance by the powerful tobacco industry.

FDA Approved Drugs Despite Fraudlent Testing

FDA Approved Drugs Despite Fraudlent Testing

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2009.
A major allergy and respiratory management company knowingly produced flawed clinical trials of FDA approved drugs currently on the market.

Cheerios Are a Drug? FDA's Surprising Letter to General Mills

Cheerios Are a Drug? FDA's Surprising Letter to General Mills

Agence France PresseMay 13, 2009.
FDA to General Mills: "We have determined that [Cheerios cereal] is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug."

FDA Will Authorize Plan B for 17-Year-Olds Without a Prescription

FDA Will Authorize Plan B for 17-Year-Olds Without a Prescription

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 22, 2009.
This is good news.

How Big Pharma Distorts Science to Get FDA Approval for Dangerous Drugs

How Big Pharma Distorts Science to Get FDA Approval for Dangerous Drugs

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. April 20, 2009.
How does Big Pharma keep getting dangerous drugs approved? Through the best articles and spokesmen money can buy.

Court Rules on Emergency Contraception: Is Long Reign of Un-Science, Un-Reason Over?

Court Rules on Emergency Contraception: Is Long Reign of Un-Science, Un-Reason Over?

Amie Newman, RH Reality Check. March 24, 2009.
The Court ruled that the FDA must make Plan B available without prescription to women aged 17 and older.

Everyday Products Are Filled With Toxins -- And We're Not Doing a Thing About It

Everyday Products Are Filled With Toxins -- And We're Not Doing a Thing About It

Amy Goodman, Truthdig. February 25, 2009.
U.S. consumers are exposed to a vast array of harmful chemicals and additives in toys, cosmetics, plastic water bottles and countless other products.

Roses Are Red, Lipstick (Still) Has Lead

Roses Are Red, Lipstick (Still) Has Lead

Stacy Malkan, AlterNet. February 14, 2009.
More than a year after health groups reported that top-selling lipsticks contain lead, the FDA is just sitting on the results of the research.

Free Antibiotics -- in U.S. Food and Water

Free Antibiotics -- in U.S. Food and Water

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. February 11, 2009.
The FDA has quietly revoked a ban on the routine dosing of farm animals with antibiotics.

The G-Shot: Women Injecting Collagen Into Their Vaginas

The G-Shot: Women Injecting Collagen Into Their Vaginas

Amelia, The Frisky AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. February 6, 2009.
Thank heavens there are rogue doctors out there who will take an FDA-approved product and inject it somewhere that's not approved.

What's It Going to Take to Lock Up Drug Company Execs?

What's It Going to Take to Lock Up Drug Company Execs?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 16, 2009.
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the shocking extent of how corrupt drug companies are.

FDA Advisers Recommend New Female Condom

FDA Advisers Recommend New Female Condom

Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. December 16, 2008.
The new female condom reduces the risk of sexually transmitted infection by 97 percent and is safe for people who have allergies to latex.

Pigs with Mouse Genes: How GM Animals May Be Entering the Food Chain without Labeling

Pigs with Mouse Genes: How GM Animals May Be Entering the Food Chain without Labeling

Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. October 30, 2008.
The FDA may be taking the public, and nature, down a dangerous path.

Patients v. Big Pharma: Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Case

Patients v. Big Pharma: Supreme Court to Decide Landmark Case

Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. October 30, 2008.
Should patients have the right to sue drug companies for personal injuries from FDA-approved prescription drugs?

FDA Says Chemical with Links to Reproductive Problems Is Safe for Humans

FDA Says Chemical with Links to Reproductive Problems Is Safe for Humans

Ashley Shelby, AlterNet. September 19, 2008.
More than 100 government and university studies have found the chemical Bisphenol-A to be harmful even at low levels.

House Passes First-Ever Comprehensive Tobacco Regulation Bill

House Passes First-Ever Comprehensive Tobacco Regulation Bill

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. August 18, 2008.
Smoking is an addiction, not a choice. The public has long known this. Finally, Congress is catching on.

Zapped! How Irradiation Is Threatening Our Food System

Zapped! How Irradiation Is Threatening Our Food System

Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch. June 13, 2008.
Lab animals fed irradiated food have developed illnesses from cancer to immune system failure. So why is the government pushing the same food on you?

Is a Gutted FDA to Blame for Salmonella-Tainted Tomatoes?

Is a Gutted FDA to Blame for Salmonella-Tainted Tomatoes?

The Littlest Gator, Group News Blog AlterNet: PEEK. June 11, 2008.
The politics of food.

Could New FDA Rules Curb Drug Profiteering?

Could New FDA Rules Curb Drug Profiteering?

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. June 10, 2008.
A GAO investigation has one drug industry insider squirming.