Does the FDA Protect Americans?

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🗓️ 12 May 2015

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The FDA was the first consumer protection agency in the US. Since 1906, it's been issuing regulations meant to protect Americans from tainted food, ineffective drugs and pacemakers that don't work. But is the FDA too cozy with industries it regulates?

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1:03.8	Why doesn't the FDA regulate herbal supplements?
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