Reply To: Spooky: FDA says no right to choose what you eat?

bombmaniac: Do you really believe that their intentions are pure, their actions untainted?

How about this: A mea culpa from the FDA just a few days old… that they allowed themselves to be influenced by lobbyists… as via AP.

(USAToday, Oct. 14) “Almost two years ago, the Food and Drug Administration ignored the advice of its scientists and approved a knee implant after being lobbied by members of Congress. On Thursday, the agency issued an unprecedented “mea culpa,” saying the device should not have been approved.

THAT’S my beef: that so many of us, in the Jewish community, believe “b’emunah shleimah” that what the regulatory agencies say is true. And just.

So while they are out there “doing their job”, I ask all of us to use our g-d given sechel and not trust blindly… that everything they do is for our own good. When relevant and important to your individual rights, health etc. – get informed.

(Same with the CDC, btw.)