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Time to put drug giants on trial – Scotsman (UK) Fri, 20 Jun 2003 The UK media-including BBC, the Guardian, the Scotsman, the London Times, and others–have been informing the British public about the hidden health hazards underlying the industry-controlled drug approval and drug marketing process. Current practices have led…
Anthrax shots may be required in military – Assoc Press Thu, 1 Dec 2005 After a US District Judge suspended the forced anthrax vaccine program in the military, the Bush Administration is attempting to reinstate mandatory anthrax vaccine inoculations for military personnel. The less evidence, it seems, that there is to demonstrate…
Alliance for Human Research Protection in the Press Feb 17, 2005: FDA Critics Slam Plan for Safety Reform – Nature “This is smoke and mirrors and musical chairs,” says Vera Sharav, president of the New York-based Alliance for Human Research Protection. “They will be using the very same officials that…
“Anthrax vaccine a deadly defense?” –NW Indiana Times Tue, 24 Jun 2003 U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Rachael Lacy, 22, is a casualty of the military forced anthrax vaccination program–which is administered by military commanders, not doctors. She “died in April after receiving the [anthrax] vaccination, along with a smallpox inoculation….
<p> Big Pharma’s Shameful Secret – Bloomberg News <br> Most Clinical Trials Stopped Early for “perceived” benefit later turned out false – JAMA </p> <p> Thu, 3 Nov 2005 </p> <p> A six part Special Report by Bloomberg News reveals that “Every year, drug companies spend $14 billion to test…
Maryland Court of Appeals Denies Motion to Reconsider Lead Paint Ruling October 10, 2001 FYI Maryland’s highest court denied the motion for reconsideration or partial modification of its Opinion–as requested by Kennedy Krieger Institute and their powerful allies in the research community (who filed Amicus briefs in support of defendants’…
New Evidence Uncovered About AIDS Drug/Vaccine Experiments on Foster Care Infants & Children Thu, 1 Sep 2005 A moral controversy is spiraling as additional evidence is uncovered about the use of infants and children in foster care as experimental subjects of Phase I and II trials of AIDS drugs, vaccines,…
To gain understanding as to why lethal drugs pass FDA review, read the front page article in The Wall Street Journal (below) describing the transformation of the FDA from watchdog to lapdog.
An illuminating essay by Byron Richards, author of Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of America, should be required reading for every member of Congress before voting Yes or NO on the appointment of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, who is poised to head the FDA.
Stanford University researchers used 61 inmates ranging in age from 14 to 18 at a California Youth Authority (CYA) correctional center in an experiment testing the psychotropic drug, Depakote.
Tune in tonight–Monday– to Court TV: the subject is medical experimentation on prisoners–What does this say about our moral climate?
