| In this piece, News Target satires new | | | | forced to reluctantly contribute to approval |
| employment postings at the Food and Drug | | | | of dubious drugs, or, in some cases, drugs |
| Administration (FDA). Some | | | | are approved against the investigators' |
| highlights:Propaganda Officer: Help the FDA | | | | recommendations.Part of the problem is that |
| create and spread information that discredits | | | | these professionals are so disheartened when |
| products, companies and ideas that threaten | | | | they realize that more than 50 percentof the |
| FDA control. No scientific background | | | | money the FDA spends reviewing drugs comes |
| necessary.Science Censor: Bury scientific | | | | from the pharmaceutical industry. A full 80 |
| findings that harm the prestige and | | | | percentof the FDA's resources are geared |
| credibility of the FDA.Chief Oppression | | | | toward the approval of new drugs, and only 20 |
| Officer: Conduct armed raids on places where | | | | percentfor all the rest. Only 5 percent goes |
| dangerous criminals are teaching patients | | | | to drug safety.Then their hands are tied as |
| about nutrition.Kickback Coordinator: Keep | | | | they watch these same drugs harm thousands of |
| tabs on FDA managers' investments in | | | | people. It is not uncommon for respected FDA |
| pharmaceutical companies. Criminal background | | | | veterans to leave the FDA having lost |
| preferred, mob ties are a plus.Morale | | | | confidence in the safety or effectiveness of |
| Officer: Keep FDA employees in line to boost | | | | prescription drugs. Morale at the FDA is at |
| morale and work efficiency.Public Safety | | | | an all-time low.Already, the FDA has become |
| Program Director: Not really a full-time job. | | | | little more than a rubber-stamp approval |
| In fact, you don't even need to show up.News | | | | process for Big Pharma. While current |
| Target August 13, 2005Dr. Mercola's | | | | "industry-friendly" policy stands, things |
| Comment:These humorous ads carry the distinct | | | | will only get worse as more and more honest |
| bite of truth. Slowly but surely, pressure | | | | employees are driven out.Dr. Mercola is the |
| from management and frustration among working | | | | founder of Mercola.com, one of the world's |
| scientists is driving out the employees at | | | | most visited and trusted health websites, and |
| the FDA who really care about drug safety, | | | | publisher of the free e-newsletter -- the #1 |
| and replacing them with tools of the | | | | dietary health and wellness newsletter on the |
| pharmaceutical industry.The current climate | | | | Web with over 500,000 subscribers. Dr. |
| at the FDA is causing an unprecedented amount | | | | Mercola, a physician for over two decades, is |
| of employee turnover. In 2002, the Wall | | | | also a New York Times bestselling author |
| Street Journal reported that 15 percent of | | | | whose latest book, "Dr. Mercola's Total |
| FDA medical officer jobs were vacant. This is | | | | Health Program," presents his entire renowned |
| much higher than at other similar government | | | | dietary health program and has sold over |
| agencies, such as the National Institute of | | | | 150,000 copies. He is routinely interviewed |
| Health (NIH)or the Centers for Disease | | | | by the media for his expert insights, |
| Control and Prevention (CDC).Top scientists | | | | including CNN and ABC World News Tonight. His |
| who have committed their lives to public | | | | passion is to change the fatally flawed |
| safety are being prevented from doing their | | | | conventional medical system to one focused on |
| jobs, and are either giving up and quitting | | | | real prevention and cure. |
| or being forced out. Honest scientists are | | | | |