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Maybe this explains the FDA's bumbling response to pet food contamination
No wonder the FDA seems to be bumbling through this pet food
contamination debacle - everyone there must have one eye on his or her ass. http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2.../d8ol79og0.txt quote What she was doing _ trying to do, at least _ was her job: She kept count of side effects from animal drugs for the Food and Drug Administration. She made tallies, analyzed numbers, and alerted supervisors when something seemed amiss. And something seemed amiss that spring of 2004. A big drug maker had crafted what seemed a star performer in Proheart 6, a three-year-old injected drug to prevent heartworm, the common parasite in dogs. Hampshire's numbers showed, though, that dogs were dying at alarming rates. What happened next _ and the price she paid for speaking up _ have spurred a U.S. Senate inquiry and shined a spotlight on the complex topography of drug safety, where interests collide like tectonic plates and squeeze decisions from all sides. /quote The article goes on to describe how Victoria Hampshire, the FDA whistle blower who identified the problem with Proheart6, was railroaded out of her job and sidelined when she dared to stand up to the Wyeth goliath. It's an interesting, if very troubling, read. FurPaw -- My family values don't involve depleted uranium. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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Maybe this explains the FDA's bumbling response to pet food contamination
on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:57:16 GMT, FurPaw wrote:
It's an interesting, if very troubling, read. I stumbled over that article today, too. Very disturbing, however not very surprising. -- Lynne "We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly We are brave enough to bend to cry And sad enough to know We must laugh again" ~ Nikki Giovanni, 4/17/2007, Virginia Tech |
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Maybe this explains the FDA's bumbling response to pet food contamination
Tara wrote:
FurPaw wrote in news:04adnU7YAv- : http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2.../d8ol79og0.txt I was just going to post this article uin response to something in another forum, and now the article isn't there. Damn. Of I go a googling.... It's reprinted he http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18137930/ FurPaw -- My family values don't involve depleted uranium. To reply, unleash the dog. |
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