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