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FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers!

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12/19/2008 01:27 AM

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Last week, the FDA declared trace levels of melamine to be safe in infant formula. A few weeks earlier, it said the plastics chemical Bisphenol-A was safe for infants to drink. Now it says children can eat mercury, too. Is there any toxic substance in the food that the FDA thinks might be dangerous? (Aspartame, MSG, sodium nitrite and now mercury…)



This FDA decision on mercury in fish has alarmed EPA scientists who called it “scientifically flawed and inadequate,” reports the Washington Post. Even better, the Environmental Working Group (www.EWG.org) issued a letter to the EPA, saying “It’s a commentary on how low FDA has sunk as an agency. It was once a fierce protector of America’s health, and now it’s nothing more than a patsy for polluters.”



Is anyone really surprised? The FDA is a drug-pushing, people-betraying, scientifically illiterate criminal organization that, time and time again, seeks only to protect the profits of powerful corporations whose products poison the people. This statement is no longer a mere opinion. It is an observable fact based on the FDA’s own pattern of behavior and its outlandish decisions that predictably betray the American public.



The real reason this is happening



You want to know the REAL reason the FDA is easing up on its warning about mercury in fish?

[link to waronyou.com] In a truly astonishing betrayal of public safety (even for the FDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today revoked its warning about mercury in fish, saying that eating mercury-contaminated fish no longer poses any health threat to children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and infants.Last week, the FDA declared trace levels of melamine to be safe in infant formula. A few weeks earlier, it said the plastics chemical Bisphenol-A was safe for infants to drink. Now it says children can eat mercury, too. Is there any toxic substance in the food that the FDA thinks might be dangerous? (Aspartame, MSG, sodium nitrite and now mercury…)This FDA decision on mercury in fish has alarmed EPA scientists who called it “scientifically flawed and inadequate,” reports the Washington Post. Even better, the Environmental Working Group (www.EWG.org) issued a letter to the EPA, saying “It’s a commentary on how low FDA has sunk as an agency. It was once a fierce protector of America’s health, and now it’s nothing more than a patsy for polluters.”Is anyone really surprised? The FDA is a drug-pushing, people-betraying, scientifically illiterate criminal organization that, time and time again, seeks only to protect the profits of powerful corporations whose products poison the people. This statement is no longer a mere opinion. It is an observable fact based on the FDA’s own pattern of behavior and its outlandish decisions that predictably betray the American public.The real reason this is happeningYou want to know the REAL reason the FDA is easing up on its warning about mercury in fish?

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12/19/2008 01:32 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! If you need the government to tell you what to eat and what not to eat, it's your own fault for being ignorant.

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12/19/2008 02:00 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! Sure, and so is fluoride, and milk.



It's all good for you, even radiation and genetically modified foods.



And WE all eat the shit everyday.

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12/19/2008 02:04 AM

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And to think we all joked about the Iraqi Information Minister just a few years ago...

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"He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." ~Elbert Hubbard The FDA's getting to be more and more like the Treasury dept every day. "Don't worry folks, everything's just fine!", as the world crumbles around us.And to think we all joked about the Iraqi Information Minister just a few years ago...

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12/19/2008 02:04 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! If you need the government to tell you what to eat and what not to eat, it's your own fault for being ignorant.

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Nope its the fault of the government for denying the citizen the right to choose what goes in their bodies as oppossed to big business buying the right to pump us all full of hidden shit in our foods.



Oh and governmental 'dumbing down of education' also didn't heklp matters at all.





Nor does having a country of fast food addicts.... Nope its the fault of the government for denying the citizen the right to choose what goes in their bodies as oppossed to big business buying the right to pump us all full of hidden shit in our foods.Oh and governmental 'dumbing down of education' also didn't heklp matters at all.Nor does having a country of fast food addicts....

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12/19/2008 02:10 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! The FDA's getting to be more and more like the Treasury dept every day. "Don't worry folks, everything's just fine!", as the world crumbles around us.



And to think we all joked about the Iraqi Information Minister just a few years ago...

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It's all corporate-owned. Profit is king. Ethics don't matter. It's all corporate-owned. Profit is king. Ethics don't matter.

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12/19/2008 03:50 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! Heres some advice for these types of agencies... Do exactly the opposite of what they tell you to, and believe exactly the opposite of what they say.

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12/19/2008 04:06 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! The FDA are murderers and should be eliminated.

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I hate them, useless corrupt fascists ! I hate them, useless corrupt fascists !

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12/19/2008 04:25 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! If you need the government to tell you what to eat and what not to eat, it's your own fault for being ignorant.

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So you know how to test your food for mercury? So you know how to test your food for mercury?

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12/19/2008 04:39 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! When the shooting starts, after cleaning up from the traitors in Washington DC the next on the list should be those in the FDA that have allowed big Pharm and Monsanto to poison the people in the name of greed. When the shooting starts, after cleaning up from the traitors in Washington DC the next on the list should be those in the FDA that have allowed big Pharm and Monsanto to poison the people in the name of greed.

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12/19/2008 05:35 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! The FDA are murderers and should be eliminated.







I hate them, useless corrupt fascists !

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I hate them too, lying murderers



They know so many sh-people still trust them



Hope they all burn in hell I hate them too, lying murderersThey know so many sh-people still trust themHope they all burn in hell

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12/19/2008 06:41 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! Man, when I was preggers last year tuna fish sandwiches were one of the only things that sounded good, but I was afraid to eat them.

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12/19/2008 06:54 AM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: FDA Stuns Scientists again, Declares Mercury in Fish to be Safe for Infants, Children, Expectant Mothers! This is the equivalent of the SEC not regulating the financial industry.



The result was Bernie Madoff and the collapse of the banking industry.