Why doesn't USA FDA mirror European standards on food, cosmetics, medicines, etc.?

[Anonymous]

I think in general, the US consumer is generally ok with eating and breathing garbage in exchange for the economic benefits that trickle down to them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:US is pro business, Europe more pro consumer.

THIS!

+1000. RFK jr is right about all the chemicals and additives in food, but wrong about vaccines.

He’s using the same level of evidence and the same logic on the chemicals as the vaccines. You just agree with it in one case and disagree in another.

+1

[Anonymous]

If you want your minds really blown, go look up the history of the Industrial Bio Test Lab scandal. For decades IBT conducted like 80% of toxicity testing in the United States. It was discovered years later that much of the work they did was fraudulent. They were doing tests on thousands and thousands of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc used in everything from pesticides, to food, to drugs, to cosmetics and deeming them safe. At one point they observed a chemical causing cancerous tumors in rodent studies, yet covered the data up and deemed the chemical to be safe for human exposure. The scandal was eventually discovered and the govt claims to have audited all of the results, but the fact that IBT was in businesses for so long and had tested so many chemicals, I doubt the country truly has an accurate handle on what is really safe and what isn't. So much of that stuff from the IBT years still reverberates to this day, or is found as contaminats in our soil or water.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Their authorizing laws deliberately were written in a toothless manner, the court system has severely undermined regulatory authority (and it's going to be worse with the death of Chevron deference) and people keep electing Republicans who roll back any progress made on regulations.

But I’m sure you oppose RFK Jr as HHS Secretary

Yes, regulating additives in the food supply is done via FDA, a completely different entity. He's an anti-vaxxer wingnut that's going to get people killed here, as he did overseas, if out in charge of HHS.

Why do you think he should be in charge of something completely different than what you are talking about,?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think in general, the US consumer is generally ok with eating and breathing garbage in exchange for the economic benefits that trickle down to them.

Ah yes, the trickle down.