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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:55 PM Original message |
FDA Allowed Unsafe Seafood Onto Market After BP Oil Spill Disaster |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds familiar where did I hear that before???? Maybe about a year after 9-11 about the air quality |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Heard from the Atomic Energy Commission in 1953 |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. It's as if whatever they say, think the opposite... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. "We don't need to test for BSE as US beef is all safe" |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
84. "Organic food is safe" |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 04:42 AM Response to Reply #84 |
89. You seem to be confused: two of your three statements are not lies ... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Okay. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I was right: you are confused |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. In breif: |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. "In some cases, the FDA let through foods with 10,000 times too much contamination." |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Oh, I saw what you did there.... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. It's good to have a dream. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. These agencies charged with food, health and environmental reg. oversight need to be cleaned up |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
66. I'm with you. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. don't we wish |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Revolvng door of corruption |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hey JJW sounds like you should look at this other thread! |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. and contamination |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. What....you actually thought they wouldn't? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Remember when we wrote about US gov't buying up tons of the seafood for the military? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I remember. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I live 90 miles north of Pensacola, have not gone to the Gulf since BP. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
48. About suing the government.... |
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MsFlorida (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. corexit and florida |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. COREXIT MELTS PLASTIC --- !!! Among other things --- like your organs -- !! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Same exact ingredients also in pet enemas. Nice huh? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. OMG --- !! These are crimes against humanity -- !! |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
88. I found one of the links |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Perhaps the cook |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
57. It was Obama's EPA... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Obama needs to clean the EPA/FDA house immediately. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Well said, coffeecat |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
73. exactly - not surprised at all |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. Someone may need to get..... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Anyone still eating seafood? 1/3rd of it came from the Gulf .... !! |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Bought our last bag of Gulf Shrimp the day of the spill. Knew it would be our last.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
58. Government and its agencies have been turned upside down --- |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
79. You'd be surprised |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Monsanto's FDA" --- evidently all of the chemical industry has a piece of it -- !!! |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. gee, what a surprise |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. so much for the FDA... |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. What a surprise. |
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DiehardLiberal (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
20. Shocker!!! |
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SoapBox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. And are most of us surprised? NOT! |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Exactly! |
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temporary311 (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. glad i don't eat seafood. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
25. Occupy the Oceans and the planet! |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. Only a gullible idiot would believe the lies the government told us |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Basic philosophy |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. It wasn't only the government. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Who did not know this? |
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PatrynXX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. which is why I try to avoid seafood. that and never liked it anyway |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. But tv commercials show happy shrimpers thanking BP for wonderful shrimp...it's not true? -nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. This happened entirely on our watch. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. "No, no! The Republicans forced his hand!" |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. "We needed 60 votes!" |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I am about THIS close to developing a facial tic every time I hear that phrase. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. You and me both. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. +1000 - the founding fathers are turning in their graves at 60 votes |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
82. That and "Impeachment is off the table!" |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. no doubt. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. Surprise, surprise. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
36. I knew that. Stopped eating seafood after the disaster. :( n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #36 |
49. If we could learn to do without oxygen, water and all food, we'd be a lot safer. |
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jimmil (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. Seriously, where do we get shrimp that is not tainted? |
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Scalded Nun (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
75. You don't |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
43. Who's the least bit surprised? |
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California Griz (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
44. I almost died last year after eating about a dozen shrimp |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
46. Our Government is owned by monied interests... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
50. You know the funny part? We pay 100% of FDA salaries and expenses. |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
51. THIS IS NOT LBN |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:32 AM Response to Original message |
52. If you and your family is poisoned by FDA, NO MORE TAXES |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:39 AM Response to Original message |
53. FDA= Industry "Self-Regulation" /cue laugh track /nt |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. same goes for EPA, fox guarding henhouse |
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In Other News (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
54. All seafood is unsafe... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
56. But those nice people from BP told me that it (the seafood) |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
63. ""Our findings add to a long list of evidence that FDA is overlooking the risks from chemical contam |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. He'll never do that. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. WHAT? Pls. translate about the whales |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Here you go |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. ugh, this president is such a disappointment again, and again and again |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
65. More dead 99%ers = fewer mouths to feed... |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
67. What can one say about the government's willingness to kill untold numbers of its citizens |
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OnionPatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
69. What a shock!!11 |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
72. I was talking to a gulf fisherman .... |
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Scalded Nun (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
74. Worthless |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. Well, that's Bush's FDA for you... |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
80. +1 |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
81. And that would surprise whom? nt |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
83. No shit, I'm shocked. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
85. Duh. Don't eat seafood when pregnant, and don't feed it to children. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #85 |
95. and don't eat it ---much |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Maybe in 100 years we'll have new daily intake levels. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
86. Lies! They said it was safe!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
87. k/r -- everyone should see this article -- |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
91. It's nice to find this out . . . would have been nicer before eating the stuff. |
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