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Placenta & Plankton. FDA Commissioner George P. Larrick singled out one large area of fraud: "There is extensive, big-time quackery in the cosmetics field, generally based on the exploitation of some 'miracle' ingredient that is supposed to restore youth and beauty to the unattractive or aging skin." Sample miracle workers: "human placenta residues, plankton from the water of a certain spring in France, pig skin extract, shark oil and orchid pollen...
...part, the medical profession itself has to shoulder some of the blame. Licensed M.D.s have written recent books promoting quack remedies. Several M.D.s were among the promoters of the seawater panaceas. And, Commissioner Larrick pointed out, there is always "the professional research quack-the M.D. who specializes in arranging for 'tailored studies' " of questionable cures-in a word, "rigged research...
...foods and drugs are deeply grateful to FDA for bringing peace and order to a once chaotic business. Its top job has traditionally gone to career men, and industry has violently opposed any attempt by politicians to make it a patronage plum. Current FDA boss is George P. Larrick, 54, who entered the service as an inspector, was promoted to the commissionership...
...Larrick H. Glendening...