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Pig Intestines, Downer Cows

By Terry J. Allen

Corruption and incompetence in federal bureaucracies are enough to make your blood run thin. In February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admitted that it had allowed into the country tainted, reportedly untested heparin. Distributed by Illinois-based Baxter International, the blood thinner was injected into thousands of vulnerable patients and was linked to adverse effects in more than 800 people, as… return to article

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