As a neurosurgeon I see the devastating effects a brain tumor has, not only on its victim, but on the victim's family as well. To think that there is even a reasonable doubt that aspartame can induce brain tumors in the American population is frightening. And to think that the FDA has lulled them into a false sense of security is a monumental crime.

Republican lawmakers on Thursday charged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) with hindering a congressional probe into whether the agency suppressed a possible link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior in youth.

Scientific studies are often cited as evidence that a food or drug is safe for the public, but does scientific "proof" always represent the truth? Unfortunately, much of the research being done today is funded by corporations and carried out by scientists and institutions who benefit financially when they give their sponsors the desired results. The fact that a for-profit institution funds a study does not necessarily mean that the results will be skewed, but corporate money for research generally comes with "deliverables" attached. If researchers do not cater to the desires of their sponsors, they may risk losing their funding.

The FDA's history is one of incompetence, fraud, deceit and the continuous striving for more power. Over the past 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration has sought to gain authoritarian control that Congress never intended it to have. In every attempt to seize this kind of power, the FDA has been beaten back by a swell of public protest.

If you care to readthrough this one, you'll see why the FDA is so corrupted and why there should be a Watergate-style inquiry into its decisions which are completelymangled by the ever-encroaching grasp and control of corporate lobbies. Labelling poisonous foods - and now irradiated meat on top of it all in the US - but leaving the lethal substance on sale for the unconscious and stupidly trusting public to eat is blatantly criminal and a sheer masquerade.

Innocent Casualties exposes the Food and Drug Administration’s attempts to deny Americans access to nutritional products, including banning certain nutrients widely used in other countries and attempting to have vitamins classified as prescription drugs.

They announced a new email address so that allegations of FDA Abuse can be reported directly to the subcommittee in an expeditious fashion, enabling them to establish a comprehensive and responsible means of addressing each allegation. Where it is justified, the Subcommittee will investigate and refer matters to the appropriate authorities. Through this effort they hope to calculate the extent of FDA employee misconduct, but they acknowledge that the harm already done to millions of patients who have been denied access to needed treatments because of the impact of FDA abuses of authority cannot be measured.

American herbalists' realpolitik, essay #6. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) persists in attempting to restrict the availability of herbal products by regulations, in spite of public outrage. Suggestions for political strategy in defeating these trends are outlined. Note: this article is of an educational nature and should not be construed as providing legal advice.

On Monday, Nov. 25, 1996, David Kessler, Commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced his resignation. According to the Washington Times (Nov. 26), the Clinton administration had asked Dr. Kessler to stay in office for the president's second term, but the 45-year-old pediatrician and lawyer said that he preferred to return to private life. Kessler said he would stay on the job through the early part of 1997, when his successor is expected to be chosen.

The FDA is using codex in an illegal attempt to make an end run around american dietary supplement laws. Congressional oversight is urgently needed as the FDA has violated current US law via an illegal submission to the Codex Commission which was made in September, 1998 at the meeting of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Use (CCNFSDU) in Berlin Germany.

"The thing that bugs me is that people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn't. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it's doing are as different as night and day.” Dr. Herbert Ley, Commissioner of the FDA. (San Francisco Chronicle, 1-2-70).

How the Food and Drug Administration Is Misrepresenting the Facts About Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods and Violating the Laws Meant to Regulate Them. Statement by Steven M. Druker, JD, executive director of the Alliance for Bio-Integrity, coordinator of the lawsuit against the FDA to obtain mandatory safety testing and labeling of GE foods, and an attorney on the case (in collaboration with the legal department of the Center for Food Safety).

Hepatitis A can be spread in fecally contaminated food and water, and symptoms include nausea, vomiting and sometimes jaundice, a yellowing of the skin due to reduced liver function. Hepatitis B can be spread by infected blood or body fluids, such as during sexual contact, sharing IV needles, or by using contaminated equipment in body piercing or tattooing. The US Food and Drug Administration approved a combination vaccine for hepatitis A and hepatitis B on November 12.