FDA Wants More Power

Give the FDA more powers?

Nah...fuck it. I'm against big government.

By the way, I also like shit with my beef, maybe even served with a side of Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. Prions...mmm.

The FDA Struggles: More Proof that You Get What You Pay For

The FDA is taking lots of heat these days. Yes, it's because they screw up a lot.

But before you go pointing fingers, just take a minute to remember that budgetary choices have unintended consequences.

The strain of the ongoing war in Iraq has led to cuts in a lot of areas, and the FDA also got hit hard. Unintended consequences--they approve the wrong plant in China, not to mention the stumbles around drug safety and approval.

Just realize that there will be much bigger unintended consequences of the proposed cuts in healthcare over the next few years?

You get what you pay for.

More Insight from Maggie Mahar--The FDA

Also referenced in Maggie Mahar's last post on the CDC data suppression is her prior post on "The FDA: What Happens When You Starve the Beast".

This is friggin' brilliant.

And we stand for this bullshit in government?