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The '''Food and Drug Administration''' (FDA) is the [[federal]] agency that regulates [[foods]],  human and veterinary [[drug]]s, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective.  For each of those goods, the FDA seeks to ensure that they are safe and effective.

The '''Food and Drug Administration''' ('''FDA''') is the [[federal]] agency that regulates [[foods]],  human and veterinary [[drug]]s, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective.  For each of those goods, the FDA seeks to ensure that they are safe and effective.

The FDA also regulates [[cosmetics]] based on safety, and regulates electronic products that emit [[radiation]] for safety.   

The FDA also regulates [[cosmetics]] based on safety, and regulates electronic products that emit [[radiation]] for safety.   

In practice, the [[pharmaceutical]] industry influences the FDA and distorts its policies in several powerful ways.  The pharmaceutical industry will offer higher paying jobs to preferred FDA employees and consultants.  Conflicts of interest by persons in advisory positions to the FDA have been rampant.

In practice, the [[pharmaceutical]] industry influences the FDA and distorts its policies in several powerful ways.  The pharmaceutical industry will offer higher paying jobs to preferred FDA employees and consultants.  Conflicts of interest by persons in advisory positions to the FDA have been rampant.

 

A [[arthritis]] drug ccalled [[Vioxx]] was pulled after the FDA was found to have disregarded studies showing an increased risk of [[heart attack]].

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