silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoIt’s Not Just Sunscreen. Toxic Products Line the Drugstore Aisleswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down11cross-posted to: politics
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minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 days agoHow is this possible? Doesn’t the FDA have to approve these products before they’re put on shelves?
minus-squaretheonlytruescotsmanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThe opiod crisis was FDA approved. Regulations in the US are a joke if they target corporations.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoGenerally no, unless it’s a pharmaceutical. Drugs require approval, everything else, including all kinds of “dietary supplements”, do not.
How is this possible? Doesn’t the FDA have to approve these products before they’re put on shelves?
The opiod crisis was FDA approved. Regulations in the US are a joke if they target corporations.
Generally no, unless it’s a pharmaceutical. Drugs require approval, everything else, including all kinds of “dietary supplements”, do not.