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These men ate poison so you could have the FDA

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  1. Gaywallet
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    So many analogies to be drawn from "we want the choice to kill ourselves" to modern political issues. I'll avoid those for now, and simply state that this is fascinating. Even though I'm in the...

    So many analogies to be drawn from "we want the choice to kill ourselves" to modern political issues. I'll avoid those for now, and simply state that this is fascinating. Even though I'm in the medical field I had no idea of this part of history. Even if the ethics are murky, it sounds like this doctor wanted to take a real stand against tainted food and I commend him and his subjects for doing so.

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  2. Aglaeasfather
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    As is often said in regards to OSHA is true in many other places: the laws and rules are written in blood. The protections we have today are in place because someone was hurt or killed. To...

    As is often said in regards to OSHA is true in many other places: the laws and rules are written in blood. The protections we have today are in place because someone was hurt or killed. To blithely ignore those laws or to repeal them is so incredibly disrespectful for the blood spilled in their making.

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