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reportedly caused 52 deaths in 16 states, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, as reported in Food Safety News. In its latest update, however, the CDC reported 888 illnesses and 6 deaths in 39 states. The toxic cucumbers were said to have come from Baja, Mexico. They were reportedly sent to the United States by a food distributor in San Diego. Food Safety News further reported that: "FDA on Sept. 14 issued an updated Import Alert to include cucumbers from Rancho…

(2nd generation antipsychotics). Haloperidol is a conventional antipsychotic which is used to treat schizophrenia and some other forms of psychosis. Haloperidol was developed in the late 1950s by company Janssen, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1967. (David A. Williams ) Haldol is original brand name of haloperidol, which now produced under multiple trade names as patent protection has expired. Haloperidol is a derivative of butyrophenone and acts by blocking the…

dispel the fear-mongering and show that humanity has been modified organisms since the beginning of recorded human history; we are just much better and faster at it now than in the past 1,000s years. The goal in GMOs is to modify organisms (generally food stock such as livestock and extensive agriculture, plants), at the genetic level, to obtain better quality offspring. Companies such as Monsanto and other agriculture, industrial giants aim to create plants that taste better, have better…

Food and Drug Administration. Accessed April 24, 2017 https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?event=overview.process&app lno=019835. This FDA based website provides limited knowledge, but important knowledge nonetheless. This website helps to explain my thesis statement particularly pertaining to gathering useful background information, such as when the drug became available to the public. Not only that, but the specific…

There are many well-known drugs that are very controversial. The Gardasil vaccine, flu shot, Adderall, and birth control are all controversial drugs. Some people believe that these drugs should be banned while others believe they benefit people. Many women take birth control to prevent pregnancy, lessen menstrual cramps, regulate periods, and delay or induce their period. Birth control has some side effects that people believe should prevent people from taking the prescription. However, most…

It is easy to find many different types of vitamin pills and nutrition supplements in grocery stores and pharmacies. According to the authors of Eat for Life, Woteki and Thomoas, “About 45 percent of the adult men and 55 percent of the adult women in the United States take a vitamin or mineral supplement either regularly or occasionally” (119). People may think that taking dietary supplements can increase their overall health, so they start taking multivitamins or specific vitamin pills such as…

agricultural groups and food companies say would be a confusing, costly maze of state labeling laws that could cripple the use of GMO food. The coalition held a rally Oct. 7 on Capitol Hill that sought to spur Senate action on the legislation. The event attracted about 140 people from a wide range of farm groups and food companies. Nancy Johnson, executive director of the North Dakota Soybean Growers Association, was among those planning to attend the Oct. 7 rally on Capitol Hill. Food…

fast food restaurants have the blame for the rapidly increasing obesity rate in the United States. Individuals’ want fast food restaurants to have labels on all their packaging, but that lack of informational charts is not the problem. People are not taking responsibility for what they as individuals are eating at least twice a week. Everyone knows that any food that takes less than five minutes to cook and does not have a label is not a healthy meal to eat. Although some people say fast food…

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• Identify the problem/concern: Prescription drugs have been marketed at an exceptionally high price across the country, making a high number of individuals and families unable to afford them. The costs of many lifesaving drugs have been sharply increased without any rational. Recently the cost of the medicine called Daraprim, used as the standard of care for treating life-threatening parasitic infection, was increased to $750 from $13.50, by the drug company the Turing Pharmaceuticals (Pollack,…