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...over tobacco. And Wednesday, after the diabetes drug Rezulin was linked to 63 deaths and 90 cases of liver failure, the FDA finally convinced pharmaceutical giant Warner-Lambert to pull it from the market. The agency will face inevitable questions: Why would the FDA approve a drug with known toxic side effects? Can consumers trust their safety to the agency's testing standards...
...Rezulin was no different," she says. "Patients with liver problems had to be watched very carefully while taking this drug, but it helped a lot of people with diabetes." And that cost-benefit ratio played into the FDA's timing; the agency did not pull Rezulin until other, less toxic drugs became available...
...series of genetic mishaps--will get bigger and bigger until it turns into a tumor. About 25% of these malignant growths are triggered by a genetic predisposition that has been present since birth. The rest of the time, normal genes become damaged with age or exposure to the toxic brew of wastes that collect in the colon...
Your report on campaign contributions [BIG MONEY & POLITICS, Feb. 7] mentioned changes in the Superfund law that relieved scrap-material dealers of liability at toxic-waste sites. The intent of Congress in passing Superfund legislation was to clean up contaminated waste sites and to promote, not harm, the recycling industry. Scrap materials are not waste. They are recyclable. But for more than 10 years, it has been necessary for those in the recyclable-scrap business to fight to have them correctly labeled not as waste but as reusable materials. The law you referred to was supported by 69 Senate...
...barrier contraceptive. After extensive field testing, we found that it was, in fact, a viable option and effectively barricades the cervix from sperm using both physical and chemical means. A caveat: Chickwiches should not be used during a woman's menstral cycle due to the risk of TSS (Toxic Shock Syndrome). Thanks...