You wonder if the FDA is owned? A former Monsanto exec is now head of the FDA...FDA has a long historyof favoring corporate intersts over actualy safety. Look at Stevia. Look at all of these drugs like Avandia and Tylenol...
-----Original Message----- From: Dana Tierney [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 10:21 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FDA Decides Against Banning BPA In Food & Beverage Containers You're slightly beside the point again. This is a terrible decision and does make me wonder who over at FDA may have owed someone a favor. But it's a FOOD problem. Not pharmaeutical. > FDA Decides Against Banning BPA In Food & Beverage Containers > > > Bisphenol A - better known as "BPA" - is a chemical used in the epoxy > resin linings of a lot of food and beverage containers. Studies have > linked BPA to everything from increased risks of certain cancers to > diabetes, reproductive abnormalities, and heart disease. But the Food > and Drug Administration says there is not enough evidence yet to ban > its use in food packaging. > > Earlier today, in response to a petition submitted by the Natural > Resources Defense Council the FDA ruled that the available data "was > not sufficient to persuade FDA... to initiate rulemaking to revoke the > food additive approvals for BPA." > > The didn't write off the possibility of a ban entirely, saying it > would "continue in its broader and more comprehensive review of > emerging data and information on BPA." > > But our labcoat-lovin' brothers and sisters at Consumer Reports > weren't exactly overjoyed by the news. > > > "We're disappointed with the FDA's decision," said Jean Halloran, the > director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union. "We think > there's ample scientific evidence about the health risks of BPA for > the agency to take action now and ban it from food and drink > packaging." > > > Ami Gadhia, senior policy counsel for Consumers Union, said "We're > going to keep pressing the FDA to ban BPA. We also support > congressional efforts to take BPA off the market entirely." > > > Back in 2009, Consumer Reports tested canned foods, including soups, > juice, tuna, and green beans, and found that almost all of the 19 > name-brand foods tested contained some BPA. > > > Interestingly enough, this announcement comes the same day that the > FDA touted its new requirement for tobacco companies to providing > detailed accounts on the levels of a wide variety of toxins in their > products. > > > > http://consumerist. c> om/2012/03/fda-decides-against-banning-bpa-in-food-beverage-containers. > html > > > Is it just me, or does anyone thing else think that the FDA is > completely compromised, especially in regards to pharmaceuticals? > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the > tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349333 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
