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Viagra kills - Letters
Washington Monthly, Nov, 2001 by David Bunting
The article "Scorin' with Orrin," (September 2001) by Stephanie Mencimer is distorted and inaccurate. Painting the FDA as the supreme authority in charge of our safety is absurd. Viagra alone is linked to well over 100 deaths. DSHEA needs to be fully enacted before it can be faulted. Without full implementation of DSHEA, we will never know if the law really works. The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has submitted a formal request to FDA to complete one significant but to date unimplemented aspect of DSHEA by establishing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for dietary supplements. This trade group of American manufacturers welcomes the passage of GMPs for the herb industry.
In the year leading up to the passage of DSHEA, FDA received letters from hundreds of thousands of American citizens wanting to preserve their freedom and right to access dietary supplements. In the end, it was not Orrin Hatch, but the people of America who passed DSHEA.
DAVID BUNTING via Internet
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