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- FDA: Chemical found in plastic bottles is safe - despite Canadian claims to contrary
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  The agency previously declared the chemical safe, but agreed to revisit that opinion after a report by the federal National Toxicology Program said there was "some concern" about its risks in infants. Based on a review of animal studies, the government working group said bisphenol can cause changes in behavior and the brain, and that it may reduce survival and birth weight in fetuses. About 93 percent of Americans have traces of bisphenol in their urine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the FDA's report concludes that those levels are thousands of times below what would actually be dangerous to adults or children.
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- Weight Loss drug battle royal: Alli vs. supplements
  Posted by fozapd from The Scientist
  GlaxoSmithKline, marketers of the over-the-counter weight-loss drug alli, which we profiled in last month's issue, is asking the FDA to force weight-loss supplement sellers to conduct clinical trials on their products. With fewer supplements on the market, GSK would face significantly less competition for its product, which the company hopes to turn into profit
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- Feds not addressing drugs in water
  Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner
  A White House task force that was supposed to devise a federal plan to research the issue of pharmaceuticals in drinking water has missed its deadline and failed to produce mandated reports and recommendations for coordination among numerous federal agencies, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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- Drug repository would help low-income folks
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  I have a better alternative, a legal way to pass these expensive meds on to people who need them: a drug repository. Wisconsin, Ohio, Georgia, Nebraska (since 2003), Maryland, Illinois, New York and Missouri already have drug respositories. Another half-dozen states are working to set them up.
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- FDA says cloned animals safe
  Posted by Jeff from Rawstory
  With FDA's ruling, "If you ask what's for dinner, it means just about anything you can cook up in a laboratory," said Carol Tucker-Foreman of the Consumer Federation of America, who pledged to push for more food producers to shun cloned animals.
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- Over 39,000 pets may have been sickened or killed by recalled food
  Posted by Jeff from Horse's Ass
  The Food and Drug Administration doesn’t keep epidemiological data on dog and cat illnesses and deaths… but the nationwide veterinary chain Banfield does. And according to an extrapolation of data from its 615 veterinary hospitals Banfield estimates that as many as 39,000 cats and dogs may have been sickened or killed by contaminated pet food.
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- FDA says cloned animals are OK to eat
  Posted by Jeff from MSNBC
  Critics of cloning say the verdict is still out on the safety of food from cloned animals. Yeah, and it's just creepy. The industry will clone six animals over and over - there will essentially be one genetic cow-food source. Go veg.
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daveatlarge comments on:
FDA: Chemical found in plastic bottles is safe - despite Canadian claims to contrary

I work in health and wellness. I have big issues with the FDA. I also used to work in import/ exporting containers into the U.S. from all over the world. Not my favorite agency. Thanks

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3:55 pm 8/31/08
wcolesr comments on:
FDA: Chemical found in plastic bottles is safe - despite Canadian claims to contrary

"So" who am I soposto beleave? The Government (LOL), or the Government funded Corpration? (LOL).

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1:20 pm 8/26/08
Jeff comments on:
FDA says cloned animals safe

It’s creepy isn’t it!

The report the New York Times has last week from the EU commission on clone safety talked about higher rates of diseased and deformed animals from current cloning practices – but the EU ruled cloned animals were safe to eat because we can trust manufacturers and government inspectors to remove the diseased animals from the food supply. Right.

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5:29 pm 1/15/08
eqexroxx comments on:
FDA says cloned animals safe

Yikes!! One more reason to eat organic.

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5:23 pm 1/15/08

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