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...seized pills. They are certain about one thing: it isn't medicine. Although phony prescription and over-the-counter drugs often look like the real things, right down to the blister packs and corporate logos on the packaging, they may have few-if any-active ingredients and might contain toxic substances. These days, drug companies and international health organization officials are alarmed by the health threat posed by the increasing availability of fake drugs pouring out of illegal factories, mostly in China and India. According to Dr. Harvey Bale Jr., director general of the Geneva-based International Federation of Pharmaceutical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which is safe to take? | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...similar event in China last month, hundreds of parents unknowingly fed their infants bogus baby formula made of starch and sugar. At least 13 of the children died, according to press reports. And because counterfeits are made in clandestine and often unsanitary factories, they might be adulterated with toxic ingredients. According to Bale of the IFPMA, 30 Indians died in 1998 after they ingested cough syrup from China that was laden with antifreeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Which is safe to take? | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...Kumbaya wing of the Democratic Party for being weak-kneed on defense. From and DLC president Bruce Reed then attacked the candidacy of Howard Dean (who, ironically, was something of an Al From doppelganger--chesty, mouthy and combative). From, never very popular with mainstream Dems, gradually became toxic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting for the Soul of the Democrats | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...Kumbaya wing of the Democratic Party for being weak-kneed on defense. From and DLC president Bruce Reed then attacked the candidacy of Howard Dean (who, ironically, was something of an Al From doppelg?nger-chesty, mouthy and combative). From, never very popular with mainstream Dems, gradually became toxic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting for the Soul of the Democrats | 5/23/2004 | See Source »

Kerry vs. Kerry The presumptive Democratic nominee is developing a reputation for toxic sound bites, and it's beginning to worry party strategists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents: May 10, 2004 | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

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