New Posts For Thread: Court Orders FDA to Do Its Job After 35 Yearshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_YearsSuperbug Lawsuit: Court Orders FDA to Do Its Job—After a 35-Year Delay! This week a judge told FDA to reverse course regarding antibiotic overuse in livestock and protect the effectiveness of the medicine for humans. Action Alert!For the past 3You are correct Bodean I should have also mentioned Factory farming and the Chemical Giants and not just put all the blame on Big Pharma. that was an oversight and too much editing on my part. 80% of antibiotic sales in the US go to factory livhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518361197#518361197You are correct Bodean I should have also mentioned Factory farming and the Chemical Giants and not just put all the blame on Big Pharma. that was an oversight and too much editing on my part. 80% of antibiotic sales in the US go to factory livSat, 07 Apr 2012 12:51:01 -0500EXACTLY!!!The problem I have with the OP, is that it, and the link it provides, pretends that the resistance problem is somehow the fault of antibiotics in live stock. Sorry, that is just false, as the CDC has testified.This is my field .. and I knohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518310897#518310897EXACTLY!!!The problem I have with the OP, is that it, and the link it provides, pretends that the resistance problem is somehow the fault of antibiotics in live stock. Sorry, that is just false, as the CDC has testified.This is my field .. and I knoThu, 05 Apr 2012 20:17:57 -0500It's too late to head-off The Global Human Population Crash ...It will be about more than a relatively simple Problem of Food Production and Dustribution, but will come in Conjunction with a Cascade of Ecosystem Collapses ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518299321#518299321It's too late to head-off The Global Human Population Crash ...It will be about more than a relatively simple Problem of Food Production and Dustribution, but will come in Conjunction with a Cascade of Ecosystem Collapses ...Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:56:16 -0500Society would have to fundamentally change and population growth would need to halt or reverse before you can achieve the fantasy of "whole foods" feeding 7 BILLION soles on this planet.No worries, if we keep on the unsustainable path we are now on,http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518299025#518299025Society would have to fundamentally change and population growth would need to halt or reverse before you can achieve the fantasy of "whole foods" feeding 7 BILLION soles on this planet.No worries, if we keep on the unsustainable path we are now on,Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:46:44 -0500That is an irresponsible statement that requires that we don't know anything about mutation and the overuse of antibiotics or that the useage over the last 35 years has not created a monster. I do not think that the partisan rant is appropriate hehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518292401#518292401That is an irresponsible statement that requires that we don't know anything about mutation and the overuse of antibiotics or that the useage over the last 35 years has not created a monster. I do not think that the partisan rant is appropriate heThu, 05 Apr 2012 10:34:02 -0500That would be nice, but Republicans have blocked any effort to properly fund the FDA. They have not been allowed to hire more inspectors.[/quote]I would not be so quick to blame the republicans for this. The FDA and the USDA are just like the SEChttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518289943#518289943That would be nice, but Republicans have blocked any effort to properly fund the FDA. They have not been allowed to hire more inspectors.[/quote]I would not be so quick to blame the republicans for this. The FDA and the USDA are just like the SECThu, 05 Apr 2012 09:16:08 -0500What do you people even know about antibiotics??What do the activists who filed suit know about antibiotics??LIKE .. not a damn thing!!!!I would like to invite all leftists to foregoe all Medical Miracles. You don't deserve them, and ..it would be ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518289485#518289485What do you people even know about antibiotics??What do the activists who filed suit know about antibiotics??LIKE .. not a damn thing!!!!I would like to invite all leftists to foregoe all Medical Miracles. You don't deserve them, and ..it would be aThu, 05 Apr 2012 09:00:47 -0500This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518281057#518281057This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneThu, 05 Apr 2012 00:17:45 -0500Those who vote republican seem to think nothing bad can happen to them, when big business cuts corners and poisons food, air, ground water. But they forget, they have to breath, eat and drink water too.It is a hell of a lot easier to keep the water chttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518025223#518025223Those who vote republican seem to think nothing bad can happen to them, when big business cuts corners and poisons food, air, ground water. But they forget, they have to breath, eat and drink water too.It is a hell of a lot easier to keep the water cWed, 28 Mar 2012 14:48:55 -0500We've seen the results of the Republican mantras "let private industry take care of itself" and "buyer beware", such as when the Reagan adminstration reduced funding for the FDA, and then one Republican President after another appointing former indushttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29028649/Court_Orders_FDA_to_Do_Its_Job_After_35_Years?post_id=518025027#518025027We've seen the results of the Republican mantras "let private industry take care of itself" and "buyer beware", such as when the Reagan adminstration reduced funding for the FDA, and then one Republican President after another appointing former indusWed, 28 Mar 2012 14:43:48 -0500