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...long ago, the food industry could pull this kind of shenanigan with impunity. But that was before the emergence of the new Food and Drug Administration. Not the old, demoralized, anything-goes agency whose officials accepted bribes for approving untested generic drugs, but an FDA that seems to be rededicated to protecting the public. Last week the FDA ordered Procter & Gamble, the manufacturer of Crisco Corn Oil, along with Best Foods, which markets Mazola Corn Oil, and Great Foods of America, maker of HeartBeat Canola Oil, to cut out the "no cholesterol" business. While Best Foods and Great Foods stalled...
...Feshbachs, who wear jackets bearing the slogan "stock busters," insist they run a clean shop. But as part of a current probe into possible insider stock trading, federal officials are reportedly investigating whether the Feshbachs received confidential information from FDA employees. The brothers seem aligned with Scientology's war on psychiatry and medicine: many of their targets are health and biotechnology firms. "Legitimate short selling performs a public service by deflating hyped stocks," says Robert Flaherty, the editor of Equities magazine and a harsh critic of the brothers. "But the Feshbachs have damaged scores of good start...
...official statement later in the week, the FDA set the record straight. Spokesperson Sharon Snider pointed out that the agency's analysis was not yet complete and that in any case the 4-in-10,000 figure greatly overstated the risk. "We don't know where those numbers came from," she said. Still, the FDA applauded a decision by the implants' manufacturer, Surgitek, a Bristol-Myers Squibb subsidiary, to halt immediately the worldwide distribution of the products until the investigation was completed...
...breast implants were introduced in the 1960s, many questions have been raised of their safety. Some recipients have complained of discomfort, recurrent infections and even disorders of the immune system. Another worry is that the implants might impede early detection of cancer. Partly in response to these complaints, the FDA ruled this month that manufacturers of all breast implants must demonstrate their safety by July or withdraw them from the market. The FDA's own analysis of the safety of polyurethane-coated implants is due out within a few weeks. "It is unfortunate," noted the FDA's Snider, that...
...however, surgeons are trying to put the potential risks in perspective. Dr. Norman Cole of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons is referring his patients to last week's statement by the FDA, which asserts that the potential risk of these implants is "certainly too small" to warrant having them removed. Says Emory's Dr. Hester: "Women need to know that they are not walking around with time bombs in their breasts." With any luck, the final FDA report will defuse their anxiety...