ok, you're right. I don't wonder. Although I didn't know about the Monsanto exec, and that may be all that needs to be said about this particular decision. Yum yum nothing like artificial estrogen in my food when my doctor tells me that estrogen makes me sick. Seriously.
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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:349334 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
