These guys cant even regulate themselves, but they want to regulate the Ecigs?

[bassworm]

Veeeeeerrrrrry EEEEnteeerestinnnggg

Straight up from the horses mouth even....

Are we sure our drugs are safe? - CNN.com

Too many people believe incorrectly that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has the authority to properly monitor our drug supply system for safety. Under current law, the FDA does not have the authority to require a manufacturer to notify the agency if a drug has been corrupted, to recall pharmaceuticals that the FDA believes are unsafe, to refuse imported pharmaceuticals that are counterfeited at the border or to ensure that drug manufacturers are responsible for quality controls throughout their supply chain. These are authorities we must give to FDA if we are to truly oversee the safety of our drug supply.

Even more worrisome is the inability of the FDA to conduct comparable inspections of domestic and foreign pharmaceutical manufacturers. It lacks the necessary funding and personnel.
Domestic pharmaceutical facilities are inspected, on average, every two years by the FDA, whereas foreign drug facilities are inspected only every nine years. According to the Government Accountability Office, some of the 3,765 foreign drug establishments in the FDA's database may never have been inspected. An increasing demand, coupled with an expanding globalized drug market, blatantly calls for a more globalized and fully equipped FDA.
A globalized FDA not only would ensure safety; it would also level the playing field for our manufacturers.

Obviously the question would be, if they can't even regulate the stuff they are supposed to be regulating now, why are they even trying to bother with regulation on e-cigs unless they are getting the big payoff ?

(also: if this needs to be moved to the media forum or somewhere like that, please do. )

 

[tj99959]

The word in the back rooms in Washington is that the FDA is going to drop the matter, at least for now. They simply can't find a valid reason to ban them.
So now it's the States turn as evidenced in both Hawaii and Utah this week.
A group of us drove to SLC this morning to attend a hearing on Utah HB-245 amending the clean air act to include e-cigs. The bill was pulled from the agenda at the last moment.
(just maybe the bill's sponsor was freaked by seeing us there)

So my advice is get active and stay active if you don't want Big Bro stepping on your toes.

 

[mostlyclassics]

The word in the back rooms in Washington is that the FDA is going to drop the matter, at least for now. They simply can't find a valid reason to ban them.

tj99959, can you supply a link or something to validate that rumor? If there's any truth to it at all, that's outstanding news!

 

[tj99959]

tj99959, can you supply a link or something to validate that rumor? If there's any truth to it at all, that's outstanding news!

No, it's just rummer mill, but by someone that works at the FDA.
But I do want to emphasize that right now the problems are at the state level.