Word: fda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former Nader employee), initiated a grievance proceeding and publicized his case. His accusations led to a General Accounting Office investigation and to Senate hearings, which in turn led to a major shakeup in the vaccine regulatory agency. The Bureau of Biologics was revamped and transferred from NIH to the FDA, and in 1972 a grievance panel reinstated Morris and censured the agency for harassing...
While Morris's boss wanted him fired for "insubordination" and "inefficiency," an independent hearing examiner ruled that Morris's infractions were minor, and that the scientist should be suspended for at most five days. But Alexander M. Schmidt, then Commissioner of the FDA, overruled the examiner, and on July 16, 1976, J. Anthony Morris was fired...
There are, however, medical experts like Ann R. Kennedy, research fellow in Radiobiology, who "avoids carcinogens like the plague." Kennedy has shunned artificially dyed foods for years, so the new FDA bannings didn't surprise...
...sassafras if they still contain its essential oil, safrole, a suspected cause of cancer. But not one of the plethora of regulatory agencies in Washington appears to have responsibility for the hundreds of other teas and smokes that are freely peddled in health-food stores and "head shops." The FDA says the teas are not sold as foods and are therefore beyond its jurisdiction. The Federal Trade Commission, unaware of false advertising, does not contemplate any action. Neither does the Drug Enforcement Administration. So far, only the doctors who have to cope with the stoned victims seem concerned...
...This week, the FDA banned Red Dye #2, saying the red coloring agent is suspected of having cancer-causing qualities. Coincidentally, it was reported this week that Ronald Reagan revealed he was undergoing treatment for cancer of the hair...