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Don’t Let Congress Take Your Vitamins Away!

June 20, 2008 – 12:26 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

In 1994, Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA).
The passage of DSHEA witnessed the biggest victory for consumers in the history of Congress. More letters were written to Congress than on any other piece of legislation in the history of our country. The voice of the people spoke louder on dietary […]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, FDA Conflict of Interest, Follow The Money, Health Advisory, Proactive Nutrition, Woman’s Health | Comments (0)

The FDA Fails To Protect Patient Rights

June 7, 2008 – 7:21 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

The Food and Drug Administration should rethink its rejection of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Later this year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will adopt new standards for human clinical trials conducted without its advance sign-off in foreign countries. The rules will govern whether data from such trials can be used in applications to market […]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, FDA Approvals, FDA Clinical Trials, FDA Press Release, Follow The Money | Comments (0)

Big Pharma Passes the Buck

May 14, 2008 – 5:42 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Drug manufacturers could be protected from side-effect lawsuits.
 
Synthetic drug treachery has plummeted to a new ethical low with a disturbing development that may grant Big Pharma eternal immunity from consumer lawsuits. This most recent affront to justice involves a birth-control drug with side effects believed to have caused the deaths of 40 women, along […]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Exploitive Behavior, FDA Conflict of Interest, Follow The Money, Health Care Costs, Take Action! | Comments (0)

European Approach to HPV Testing and Treatment

May 9, 2008 – 12:16 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

It is past time for the FDA to recant its Public Health HPV Vaccine policy.
We all have to question if Merck’s GARDASIL ® Billion Dollar Gambit is the correct utilization of increasingly limited public health resources, or one of the most infamous transfers of wealth from public to private sector in American history
Cervical […]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Cervical Cancer, Exploitive Behavior, HPV Vaccine | Comments (0)

High Levels of Lead Found In Lipsticks

October 15, 2007 – 8:01 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Kissable Lips? Maybe, Not So Much!
Lipsticks tested by a consumer rights group found that more than half contained lead and some popular brands including Cover Girl, L’Oreal and Christian Dior had more lead than others.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said Thursday that tests on 33 brand-name red lipsticks by the Bodycote Testing Group in Santa […]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Safe Cosmetics | Comments (0)