DEFECTIVE GM CARS ISSUE - WHY NOT THE SAME OUTRAGE OVER DEFECTIVE DRUGS THAT KILL MANY MORE?

Denouncing car manufacturers' corrupt practices is very laudable. 

 

But in the meantime millions of people are killed or seriously harmed over the years because of defective drugs. 

 

And in many of those cases both the drug companies and government regulators are aware of those serious dangers and choose to do nothing.

Fox News:  Members of Congress tore into GM management during a heated Capitol Hill hearing probing fatal car wrecks linked to a defective part, claiming people died because the auto giant failed to fix what amounted to a 57-cent problem. 

 

General Motors' new CEO, Mary Barra, and the head of the nation's auto safety watchdog testified Tuesday before a House subcommittee, on the defect in small cars that is linked to 13 deaths. 

 

Fueling the outrage over the malfunction, DeGette said lawmakers obtained documents showing how GM had actually looked at possible fixes for the defect in 2005, but determined it would be too expensive to address. 

 
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/01/victims-relatives-demand-answers-from-gm-over-death-trap-cars/

 

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The Daily Sheeple - March 2014 :  A recent study conducted by Yale University’s School of Medicine proves that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval process for testing new drugs is extremely inconsistent. The study, published on January 21 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, exposes the agency’s anxiousness to get new drugs onto the market, many without adequate testing.

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/scientific-evidence-for-fda-approved-drugs-isnt-so-scientific-it-turns-out_032014
 

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Drug Dangers.com - Many defective drugs make it into the hands of unknowing consumers. Thousands of people may be harmed or killed before action is taken against manufacturers. Patients must consider all potential side effects of a new prescription drug, even if the manufacturer claims the effect is rare. 

http://www.drugdangers.com/drugs/

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The Star - Canada - March 2014

Member of Parliament Terence Young opened the House of Commons debate on a major drug safety reform bill with a speech the opposition hailed as “incredibly powerful” and “courageous.”

 

The Conservative member said it’s time Canada holds “big pharma” to account for its “unscrupulous and corrupt marketing practices.”  It would empower the federal government to quickly recall problem drugs, order companies to conduct additional post-market testing and impose stiff new fines, including jail time, on firms that break the law.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/03/28/time_to_hold_big_pharma_responsible_tory_mp_says_in_drug_safety_debate.html

 

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FDA and Big Pharma corruption 

  

Natural News website - News archive - Samples:

 

FDA

• The FDA Exposed: An Interview With Dr. David Graham, the Vioxx Whistleblower

FDA reform:

• Reputation of the FDA in shambles after Vioxx scandal; calls for wholesale FDA reform gain momentum

FDA:

• FDA Running Extortion Racket: Natural Supplement Companies Threatened with Arrest if They Don't Pay Up

Big Pharma:

• FDA drug safety bill passes in the U.S. Senate; health freedom advocates outraged at betrayal of American consumers

Drug safety:

• FDA drug safety committee issues scathing report on agency's failure to protect public from unsafe drugs

Read more - http://www.naturalnews.com/FDA_corruption.html

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