I earned an MBA from Rice University on a full scholarship and graduated as the top woman in my class, was recruited by Enron and the banks, but went to work in the investment world, jockeying with the gang on Wall Street, as an equity analyst where I covered the food and other industries – [...]

A culture that just uses a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure, to be manipulated by whatever creative design the human can foist on that critter, will probably view individuals within its community, and other cultures in the community of nations, with the same type of disdain and disrespect and controlling type mentalities. [...]

The EPA standard for maximum concentration of cadmium in drinking water is 5 ppb (μg/L). The EPA does not allow cadmium in pesticides. The maximum allowed limit of cadmium in food coloring is set by the FDA to 15 ppm (mg/L). – Clinical Toxicology Laboratoryby Leslie M. Shaw, Ph.D. The EPA would suggest that you [...]

Dr. Robert Goodman, an internist in New York City, says the real force behind skyrocketing antidepressant prescription rates is pharmaceutical marketing to doctors and to consumers. “You put those two together and you get a lot of prescriptions for antidepressants,” he said. – CDC: Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S.by Elizabeth Cohen for CNN Health [...]

The former workers of the family-owned firm based in Lynchburg, Va., said the problems were obvious and long-running. “It was pretty filthy around there,” said Jones, 50, who said he worked in the sanitation department for eight months before being laid off. Recalling rainwater leaking into the plant, he said, “It was coming in through [...]

The Peanut Corporation of America product recall has the look and feel of another overblown public health scare/corporate malfeasance scandal with the inevitable punchline: litigators agree that it was preventable and, therefore, definitely worth suing over. Let’s step outside the headlines for a moment and consider the inverse of the equation: you work in a [...]

A group of the nation’s top scientists sent a letter on Wednesday, January 7, to the transition team for President-elect Barack Obama in which they urge a restructure of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because it has become “fundamentally broken.” Of particular concern is the way the agency intimidates and coerces its scientists [...]

It’s no secret that the FDA has ties to the pharmaceutical industry (even if they claim that it does not effect their behavior) – consider Donald Rumsfeld, former CEO of Searle Pharmaceuticals (he was the head honcho when aspartame (NutraSweet) passed FDA approval, despite outcry from doctors who had performed research and determined that the [...]