Re: CSCredit where due

2007-10-28 Thread Ode Coyote
I can agree with that statement concerning the structure of the FDA [who does what and how it's funded definitely needs a work over] but the people who work there, are just like anyone else..NOT a pack of Devils, but people working within the constrains of a faulty structure and doing

Re: CSCredit where due

2007-10-26 Thread Simon Jester
On 10/26/2007, Jonathan B. Britten (jbrit...@cc.nakamura-u.ac.jp) wrote: For all the criticism of the FDA here, most of it deserved, they have to get credit for lifting the ban eventually. I hadn't known. Surely you don't think it was voluntary? There was much pressure, for a long time, to

Re: CSCredit where due

2007-10-26 Thread Ode Coyote
The FDA is not a pack of Devils. They are, however, in a compromising funding position due to the way testing is structured. [who does it and who pays for it ] Makes for some weird and biased conclusions now and then. The FDA mission is protecting the public, however, they don't know much

Re: CSCredit where due

2007-10-26 Thread Simon Jester
Ode Coyote, on 10/26/2007 8:29 AM, said the following: The FDA is not a pack of Devils. For the most part, you are wrong - but not everyone who works there is in a position of power. Many people who have attempted to blow the whistle on all of the insider machinations that go on have been

Re: CSCredit where due

2007-10-26 Thread Wayne Fugitt
At 02:03 PM 10/26/2007, you wrote: Ode Coyote, on 10/26/2007 8:29 AM, said the following: The FDA is not a pack of Devils. More than a Pack. A whole Battalion. The article in the Lancet summed it up nicely. It stated, The FDA is so corrupt that it is beyond repair. It should be

CSCredit where due

2007-10-25 Thread Jonathan B. Britten
For all the criticism of the FDA here, most of it deserved, they have to get credit for lifting the ban eventually. I hadn't known. Thanks for the information. On Thursday, Oct 25, 2007, at 01:47 Asia/Tokyo, faith gagne wrote: That ban was lifted in 2002. You should be able to get it at