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To: ccmay
I know a man that has two PhDs in physics. He worked at Dupont for twelve years and was a highly respected senior research chemist. Typically only 20% of career scientist at Dupont develop a product that goes to market. While this man in just twelve years had three products that he took all the way to market and they're still being used today. I don't think I've ever met a man with near as high integrity, honesty and moral fortitude than him.

In 1968 a team of scientists were developing a very promising cure for cancerous tumors. It basically consisted of injecting less-than-hair-width fibers near the tumor. They would grow around the tumor and slow releasing drugs would emaciate the tumor.

That project was squashed by the FDA. Why? The bottom line is that a few FDA agents wanted to fill up their success-case file drawers to justify their jobs -- that's all it was. That was thirty three year ago. How many hundreds, perhaps thousands or tens-of-thousands of people have needlessly suffered and died prematurely because of a few criminal FDA agents sought to fill their file drawers?

37 posted on 01/07/2002 12:05:41 AM PST by Zon
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To: Zon
Sorry, I don't believe it. The FDA is not perfect but they are not a criminal agency. Give me a break. You're not a perfect person and I hope that people don't go around exaggerating your inadequacies as if you have no reason to live. You are very naive if you think we should have a medical free-for-all.
38 posted on 01/07/2002 6:45:41 AM PST by Kay
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