[wonderwahine]

http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/5/ba...urope_asia.htm

I can't believe this!

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The company stopped selling the drug in the United States in 1984, but continued to sell it overseas for an additional year. The medicine was made using combined plasma from large numbers of donors; at the time, there was no screening test for the AIDS virus, so a tiny number of donors with AIDS could inadvertently contaminate a large batch.

 

[Danelle78]

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[Leilalu]

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Originally Posted by romans_mum http://www.mercola.com/2006/aug/5/ba...urope_asia.htm I can't believe this!

I can

 

[pumpkinsmama]

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[kittywitty]

 

[Finch]

Oh. my. GOD.

 

[SirPentor]

holy cow

 

[sweetpea333]

sickening!! how greedy can you get!!!!!!!!!

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[swimswamswum]

I'm really glad this is getting some attention. Heads need to freaking roll for this.

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[CrazyRED]

That's Pharma for you. This makes me ill.

 

[Arduinna]

There are no words

except PRISON!

 

[messy mama]

Revolting!!!

 

[Arduinna]

that link wasn't working for me

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...56C0A9659C8B63

 

[Pynki]

Quote:

FDA regulators helped to keep the continued sales hidden, asking the company that the problem be ''quietly solved without alerting the Congress, the medical community and the public,'' according to the minutes of a 1985 meeting.

OH! MY! GOD!

You have GOT to be KIDDING ME!

From the Times article

Quote:

In a statement, Bayer said that Cutter had ''behaved responsibly, ethically and humanely'' in selling the old product overseas.

and this one

Quote:

''Decisions made nearly two decades ago were based on the best scientific information of the time and were consistent with the regulations in place,'' the statement said.

BULLS#!T! They couldn't sell it in the US because the "best scientific information" said that it was blood born and they were spreading it. What a load of crap!

Quote:

By March of 1983, the C.D.C. went so far as to warn that blood products ''appear responsible for AIDS among hemophilia patients.''

Using the best science they had at the time they didn't think THIER product responsible for the spread of AIDS huh? Cause apparently the CDC did.

The thing makes me so mad my eye is twitching! No body wants a twitchy pregnant lady on their hands!

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[wonderwahine]

mercola states

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Although worldwide numbers are difficult to calculate, in Hong Kong and Taiwan alone, more than 100 hemophiliacs contracted HIV after using the medicine, and most have died.

 

[kat85]

 

[kate42]

So much depravity in the name of the almightly dollar.

 

[BathrobeGoddess]

Didn't you know its okay to kill people who aren't Americans since we control the world!

My God! Ethical my a$$!

 

[kittywitty]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BathrobeGoddess Didn't you know its okay to kill people who aren't Americans since we control the world! My God! Ethical my a$$!

No dear, it's not okay to kill them.

However, it is okay to infect, torture, and bomb them if they don't bow down to our almighty flag.

 

[merrick]

Wow. I saw one of those crime shows that was based on this. I had no idea that it really happened. It was terrible enough as a tv show.