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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:28 PM Original message |
FDA Draws Fire Over Chemicals In Baby Formula |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. What this Bush Admin and FDA did was Criminal |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The FDA has never done its job when it comes to infant formulas. |
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TheEuclideanOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Look on the bright side..... |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. And you know, formula isn't cheap. Its quite expensive. How much is the profit? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Formula was specifically paid for by Gov't WIC program. For years. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I still maintain that instead of subsidizing formula they should pay low-income women to breast feed |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Not all women are able to feed their babies with breast milk. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I understand that, I wasn't able to nurse my second child |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. And then you'd have to assume those oh so friendly work places like |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. you're absolutely right about that |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. melamine and cyanuric acid |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. it's a dead cheap source of fake "protein" - it falsely jacks up the % of protein content |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. My guess is that these chemicals were not directly added |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bush's gutted FDA: A dangerous threat to the public safety |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Thanks for this additional info, seafan! nt |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Y'welcome. Mom. Bush's science-deprived FDA is a cruel joke. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. The FDA has taken the appropriate action in this case |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. KnR. Bush set the FDA back a century--but the origins of this really are in China |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. to any lurking freeper... |
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trthnd4jstc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. A lot of Republicans are Anti-Abortion-"Pro Life", but also Pro-Business. I guess it is OK with |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Money talks,babies walk.Or crawl, I guess,until they can walk. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. You might as well shitcan all these departments since they................. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. Trace amounts are unacceptable for infants.... |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Shouldn't the melamine standard be ABSOLUTE ZERO??? |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. I especially love this bit. |
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NoAmericanTaliban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-29-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. Clear example of putting corporate cronies in charge of regulations |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
22. In this article... |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. In SouthAfrica they think the melamine in baby formula comes from cattle feed - link |
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