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

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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

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....

Tara

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

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My family values don't involve depleted uranium.

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