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To: TobagoJack who wrote (19593)	6/15/2007 1:15:20 AM
From: 8bits	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217561

I do not need tainted cough syrup. As I thought: fda.gov "Continuing problems with dangerous drugs that fell outside the parameters of the Pure Food and Drugs Act finally received national attention with the Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster in 1937. Massengill distributed this preparation without testing for safety (which was not required by law). Because it contained diethylene glycol as a vehicle, a chemical analogue of antifreeze, over 100 people died, many of whom were children. In June 1938 President Roosevelt signed the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act into law. Among other things, this law required new drugs to be tested for safety before marketing, the results of which would be submitted to FDA in a new drug application (NDA). The law also required that drugs have adequate labeling for safe use. All drug advertising was assigned to the Federal Trade Commission." In the rush for rapid industrialization China appears to be making some of the mistakes that US and Europe made in earlier years. So not unique by any means but they could work on examining some of the earlier regulation that was passed in the US and Europe in regards to worker and consumer safety.