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Health & Wellness News tagged with fda

Woman's Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws
Health & Wellness  (tags: beef, hamburger, E. coli, grocers, contamination, slaughterhouses, FDA, cows, meat, Angus, Beef, Patties, risks, health, disease, food, humans, illness, warning, government, dishonesty, cover-up, investigation )

Tom
- 53 days ago - nytimes.com
Many big slaughterhouses will sell only to grinders who agree not to test their shipments for E. coli. Tens of thousands of people are still sickened annually by this pathogen, federal health officials estimate, with hamburger being the biggest culprit.
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Drug Giant Pfizer to Pay Record $2.3B Fine
Health & Wellness  (tags: Pfizer, Pharmaceutical, criminal, Justice Department, Bextra, FDA, risk, heart attacks, strokes, Pharmacia & Upjohn Company, anti-psychotic drug Geodon, antibiotic Zyvox, anti-epilepsy drug Lyrica, defraud or mislead, kickbacks to health-care providers )

Rosemary
- 86 days ago - cnn.com
By Carol Cratty CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement to resolve criminal and civil liability for illegally promoting certain pharmaceuticals, the Justice Department announced...
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An Overdue Ban On A Dangerous Sweetener: Aspartame
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, health, study, FDA, research, risks, safety, protection, interesting, diet, government, warning )

Suzybell
- 99 days ago - current.com
The artificial sweetener aspartame has been shown to cause cancer in lab rats, and should be banned for human consumption, warns the Cancer Prevention Coalition. Under the explicit provisions of the 1958 Delaney Law, which requires an automatic ban on
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House Passes Far-Reaching Food Safety Bill
Health & Wellness  (tags: FDA, food, recall, safety, illness, disease, protection, prevention, humans, health, warning, risks, government )

Tom
- 117 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A new food safety bill passed by the House would require more government inspections and oversight of food manufacturers, give the FDA new authority to order recalls and to develop a system for better tracing food-borne illnesses.
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Should FDA Have the Power to Regulate Tobacco?
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, FDA, Smoking, disease, drugs, addictions, illness, prevention, risks, warning, government )

Dee
- 192 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Senate Panel Considers Bill to Give FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco. Smokes may be more deadly than ever. Even President Obama has said it's been a challenge to quit.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress To Make Our Food Safe!
Health & Wellness  (tags: food, fda, contamination, children, families, senior citizens, safety, protection, prevention, nutrition, government, disease, business, consumers, culture, society, death )

Tom
- 197 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Every year, 76 million Americans are sickened from consuming contaminated food - and 5,000 of these people die. That's more than the number of individuals who lose their lives as a result of fire or unintentional drowning in the U.S. each year.
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FDA to Allow Plan B Birth Control for 17-Year-Olds
Health & Wellness  (tags: FDA, government, Morning After Pill, health, teens, prevention, protection, women )

Dee
- 220 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - Seventeen-year-olds will soon be able to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, a decision conservatives denounced as a blow to parental supervision of teens.
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FDA Gives Thumbs Up to Unapproved Morphine Drug While Hospitals Dump Mental Patients on the Streets
Health & Wellness  (tags: health, FDA, mental patients and illness )

Michael
- 229 days ago - naturalnews.com
So much for "evidence-based medicine." The FDA has publicly announced that makers of liquid morphine drugs can continue selling them even though such drugs have never been approved by the FDA.
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FDA Reverses to Let Hospice Painkiller Stay on the Market
Health & Wellness  (tags: Hospice, end of life, suffering, pain relief, FDA, Morphine, healthcare, disease, drugs, illness )

Dee
- 232 days ago - usatoday.com
NEW YORK -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests about their decision to remove it.
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Mad Cow Regulation Affects Equine, Rendering Industries
Health & Wellness  (tags: animals, horses, mad cow, disease, fda, rendering, business, cattle, health, government, law, regulation, safety, protection, humans, health )

Tom
- 243 days ago - thehorse.com
A new FDA regulation says all at-risk cattle body parts must be excluded from all animal feeds and pet foods. The livestock industry is concerned that the new guidelines could cause rendering companies and haulers to eliminate livestock carcass pickups.
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress That We Need a Major Overhaul of the Food and Drug Administration!
Health & Wellness  (tags: government, FDA, food, peanut butter, salmonella, jalapeno, spinach, pet food, beef, recalls, contamination, health, illness, prevention, protection, safety, warning, children, risks )

Tom
- 245 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Salmonella in Peanut Butter?! Eight people have died, hundreds have become sick, and millions more are at risk -- from peanut butter! Coming on the heels of jalapeno, spinach and pet food recalls, we need to prevent contamination at the source.
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Google Video: We Become Silent - The Last Days Of Health Freedom - Judy Dench Narrates   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: Big Pharma, alternative medicine, healthcare, fda, codex alimentarius, bill c-51, ethics, prevention, drugs, government )

Cheryl Su
- 267 days ago - video.google.com
International award-winning filmmaker Kevin P. Miller of Well TV announced the release of a new documentary about the threat to medical freedom of choice. 'We Become Silent: The Last Days of Health Freedom' details the ongoing attempts by multinational p
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US Lags Behind Europe in Regulating Toxicity of Everyday Products: Award-Winning Investigative Journalist Reports
Health & Wellness  (tags: chemicals, neurological toxins, everyday products, toxicity, assessment, regulation, Europe, revolution, shifting global dynamic, US industry, flooding Brussels, US lobbyists, aggressive campaign, withholding, critical data, public, Mark Shapiro, FDA )

Alba
- 275 days ago - democracynow.org
Author of 'Exposed: Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products/What's at Stake for US Power' says Europe-led chemical regulation revolution requires thous of chemicals finally be assessed for toxic effects & signals end of US industry withholding critical data
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More Poisoned Food : Giant Foods Issues Potato Product Recall
Health & Wellness  (tags: poisoned food, Republicans, deregulation, FDA, Department of Agriculture, food inspectors, potatoes, Giant Food, bacterial contamination, Michael Food Inc., Northern Star Co., Stop & Shop, consumers )

Blue
- 277 days ago - susiemadrak.com
Remember who brought you the "self-reporting" food manufacturers! Go, GOP! Bacterial Contamination Fears Spur Potato Products Recall Order
4 comments
Honey Laundering Gives Insight of Tricks to Chinese Exporting
Health & Wellness  (tags: Honey laundering, tainted, china, hinese exporters, getting past, FDA, honey alerts )

In A Mirr
- 317 days ago - naturalnews.com
possible tainted Chinese honey getting into the U.S. and past FDA inspectors. The honey laundering game played by Chinese exporters could be used to get numerous products into the U.S. that are currently red flagged by the FDA if they are known to origina
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