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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

America Depends on China for Medicine

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Health expert, Rosemary Gibson, author of “China RX: Exposing the Risks for America’s Dependence on China for Medicine”gives a startling account of the national security threat we face getting all of our drugs from China. And policy director of League of Fans, Ken Reed, tells us inspiring stories of people, who are trying to reform the world of sports.



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0:00.0

From the K-P-F-K studios in Southern California,

0:03.6

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:05.6

Stand up, stand up.

0:07.8

You've been sitting great to long.

0:17.8

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan, along with my co-host back from vacation. David Feldman. How are you doing David from your vacation.

0:23.0

Very good.

0:25.0

I missed you guys, but Maine is beautiful.

0:28.0

Maine is gorgeous.

0:29.0

And also on the show is the man who never takes a vacation.

0:32.0

He's here every week, even though Dave and I check out every once in a while.

0:36.0

Is the man of the hour Ralph Nader. Hello, Ralph.

0:38.0

Hello, everybody. We have a great show for you today. One that I can personally relate to and I'm sure many of you can too because I take blood pressure medication, Val Sartan and got a notice about six weeks ago that the FDA was recalling the brand that I take because it has

0:58.4

a known carcinogen in it and it directly relates to our first guest today who has written a book called China

1:05.8

RX about the drugs we get from China. So we're going to be talking to health

1:10.1

care expert Rosemary Gibson who has an incredibly impressive resume

1:14.3

working on behalf of the public interest in all areas of health care. In fact she

1:18.8

has received a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Hospice and Paleative Medicine.

1:25.0

She has written a new book, which I mentioned, entitled China RX,

1:29.0

exposing the risks for American dependence on China for medicine and that will be in the first half of our show.

1:36.0

You don't want to miss that in the second half of the show we welcome back.

1:40.0

Ken Reed Policy Director of League of Fans of Fans, which is one of the many

1:44.0

organizations initiated by Ralph, this one to advocate as the name suggests on

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