<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Common chemical in food containers not a health threat, says FDA]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by guade00 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:41:44 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/1 Look at the label

This is why I am increasingly confident in labels that read, "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration."

]]> Look at the label

This is why I am increasingly confident in labels that read, "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration."

]]> Comment #2 by rrecroc http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:13:41 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/2 Credibility

The govt lost its credibility in the 60's.

Around a decade ago, drug companies "volunteered" to pay processing fees to the FDA (rather than use tax money).

They themselves introduced and guided the bill thru Congress (you know those sycophantic whores).

Those in the know, including pharmacists opposed the bill as they knew the FDA would become dependent on drug company money like an addict on oxycontin.

Shoddy trials and advisory committees filled with numerous "professionals" receiving money from drug companies followed.

Then Vioxx and numerous drugs that had to be withdrawn because they were killing people.

(Never mind Bush and the Iraq war, etc) ...... how many times do you have to be lied to by someone before you cease to believe them?  

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The govt lost its credibility in the 60's.

Around a decade ago, drug companies "volunteered" to pay processing fees to the FDA (rather than use tax money).

They themselves introduced and guided the bill thru Congress (you know those sycophantic whores).

Those in the know, including pharmacists opposed the bill as they knew the FDA would become dependent on drug company money like an addict on oxycontin.

Shoddy trials and advisory committees filled with numerous "professionals" receiving money from drug companies followed.

Then Vioxx and numerous drugs that had to be withdrawn because they were killing people.

(Never mind Bush and the Iraq war, etc) ...... how many times do you have to be lied to by someone before you cease to believe them?  

]]> Comment #3 by Green Granny http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:39:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/3 Look to the EU

If a substance is banned in the EU for safety reasons, I don't really care what the FDA has to say.  

]]> Look to the EU

If a substance is banned in the EU for safety reasons, I don't really care what the FDA has to say.  

]]> Comment #4 by usandthem http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:52:59 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/4 Yep

We are all in agreement here then.Big Business will say whatever it takes to increase their bottom line.

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We are all in agreement here then.Big Business will say whatever it takes to increase their bottom line.

]]> Comment #5 by mtvyfan http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:07:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/5 FDA says it's OK, good enough for me, NOT!

I agree with guade00, if the statements HAVEN'T been approved by the FDA, I feel a lot better. Usually because that "warning" appears on herbs, or supplement products and I feel better taken those than the crap the FDA does approve and then have to wait for the recall once they find out what is wrong with the drug. Remember, Fen-Phen, Vioxx and even aspartame has been approved by the FDA and then they found out that those drugs and food products cause pulmonary disease and cancer.

I am afraid of what harmful thing they will find out eventually about GMOs. GMOs are FDA approved, too.

]]> FDA says it's OK, good enough for me, NOT!

I agree with guade00, if the statements HAVEN'T been approved by the FDA, I feel a lot better. Usually because that "warning" appears on herbs, or supplement products and I feel better taken those than the crap the FDA does approve and then have to wait for the recall once they find out what is wrong with the drug. Remember, Fen-Phen, Vioxx and even aspartame has been approved by the FDA and then they found out that those drugs and food products cause pulmonary disease and cancer.

I am afraid of what harmful thing they will find out eventually about GMOs. GMOs are FDA approved, too.

]]> Comment #6 by jkercher http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:22:43 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/6 New study on bisphenol-a

On the same day that FDA assured the public of its safety a study found that, for levels currently found in Americans, BPA  "suppresses levels of a key hormone that protects people from heart attacks and Type II diabetes. These results implicate BPA as a potential cause of metabolic syndrome, one of the most serious and costly public health problems in the US." See http://environmentalhealthnews.org/newscience/2008/2008-0 ...

]]> New study on bisphenol-a

On the same day that FDA assured the public of its safety a study found that, for levels currently found in Americans, BPA  "suppresses levels of a key hormone that protects people from heart attacks and Type II diabetes. These results implicate BPA as a potential cause of metabolic syndrome, one of the most serious and costly public health problems in the US." See http://environmentalhealthnews.org/newscience/2008/2008-0 ...

]]> Comment #7 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:40:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/7 Don't Panic!!

The US has a great health care system and almost perfect safety nets that will take care of you if you get sick from these kinds of chemicals.

Oh,

really?

Nevermind.

]]> Don't Panic!!

The US has a great health care system and almost perfect safety nets that will take care of you if you get sick from these kinds of chemicals.

Oh,

really?

Nevermind.

]]> Comment #8 by gaea http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:10:55 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bpa_fda/8 EU thinks BPA is safe...

In contrast to some undocumented reports I've seen floating around in chat rooms, the EU Food Safety Authority has found BPA to be safe in far higher concentrations than previous limits considered.
http://www.efsa.eu.int/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_121 ...

BPA is toxic to rats... but garlic is toxic to cats, and I'm not about to stop eating that. I'd rather all the energy spent panicking about BPA were used to force Congress to increase the MPG rate of US automobiles... that would reduce cancer rates measurably.


]]> EU thinks BPA is safe...

In contrast to some undocumented reports I've seen floating around in chat rooms, the EU Food Safety Authority has found BPA to be safe in far higher concentrations than previous limits considered.
http://www.efsa.eu.int/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_121 ...

BPA is toxic to rats... but garlic is toxic to cats, and I'm not about to stop eating that. I'd rather all the energy spent panicking about BPA were used to force Congress to increase the MPG rate of US automobiles... that would reduce cancer rates measurably.


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