The FDA, a government group that is a bit more corrupt than some may think, has been in the news recently for two things that should be giving us pause (but probably does not).
The makers of Tylenol were in the news recently for the FDA chiding them for not being quick enough to identify a problem with some forms of tylenol that smelled funny and, in a few isolated cases, gave people gas or diarrhea. The FDA warned the company that they needed to be much quicker when it comes to identifying such horrible failures, or else the FDA may start blocking future drugs they push.
Keep in mind, the FDA is the governmental group that determines what foods or drugs are allowed to be sold in the United States, and it is their regulatory efforts that make sure that everything we take internally is safe for us.
Now, it also recently came out that the FDA is now putting in a warning for people to not use baby bottles, liners or containers that contain a compound called BPA, since it can cause serious health issues and, in babies, possibly death.
Here’s the rub: BPA was a compound approved by the FDA for those same items and has been delaying a ruling on this for months, missing three of its own deadlines.
The same FDA that is clamping down on the people for making tylenol for an odd strain that smelled funny and gave you the runs….. accepted a compound that has a chance of killing children.
But don’t worry folks, they’re there to make things safe for you. Nothing like red tape and slight of hand to turn a good intention by a big government into a failure.
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