Tough, new law
Article Abstract:
Congress passed the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act requiring the manufacturers to prove their products were safe before marketing, and for this purpose scientists and outfitted laboratories were hired, improving drug safety and revolutionizing the industry. Rapid changes in science and business overwhelmed the Food and Drug Administration, which relied on drug companies for data and rarely pressed when problems occur.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2005
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Mortgage crisis: losing homes
Article Abstract:
The situation of lost homes during the Depression in the 1930s has led to several mortgage schemes over the years that have increased the mortgage debt of Americans.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2007
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Loan star. Mortgage crisis: easy money. Caught out: how the banks mortgaged their credibility
- Abstracts: Status Quo? Mortgage crisis: the issues. Gun violence: The case of the overturned gun ban
- Abstracts: Privacy in peril: The issues. Mortgage crisis: the issues
- Abstracts: Politics of dying. Mortgage crisis: elderly, rural and minority borrowers are easy targets
- Abstracts: Dimethaid, J&J sign deal for arthritis lotion distribution in the US. Three late-stage products rev up interest in Cipher