[BurlyShirley]

Let us look at the staff while the FDA was evaluating BGH

From rff.org (his current employer):

"Taylor was the administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, deputy commissioner for policy at the Food and Drug Administration, and executive assistant to the FDA commissioner. He also has practiced food and drug law as a partner in King & Spalding and was vice-president for public policy at Monsanto Company. Currently, Taylor is a member of two National Academy of Sciences committees. One is identifying the science-based concerns associated with animal biotechnology, and the other is considering the options for managing the risks of dioxin in the food supply. Taylor is a member of the board of trustees of Resolve, Inc., and an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University.

Education
J.D., University of Virginia, 1976.
B.A. in political science, Davidson College, 1971. "

Wow, that's is a not conflict of interest or anything. He served Monsanto (creator of BGH) before he came to the FDA...

Uh...heaven forbid they get pilots who are experts on flying commercial planes to work for the FAA :nuts:

 

[syadasti]

No its more long the lines of allowing Ford executives jobs at auto safety watchdog groups. Care to drive one the old ford explorers - they made a few bucks by cutting corners on it - who cares if people died cause of it, Ford made more money right ;P

 

[BurlyShirley]

Yeah...youre not going to convince me that industry experts shouldnt get jobs regulating their respective industries. That's retarded.

 

[syadasti]

Whats even more retarded is that you can't understand conflict of interests. You shouldn't judge case that you have direct personal interests in - just like upright judicial officials routinely remove themselves from cases with personal connection.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Whats even more retarded is that you can't understand conflict of interests. You shouldn't judge case that you have direct personal interests in - just like upright judicial officials routinely remove themselves from cases with personal connection.

What's retarded is that you cant understand what a conflict of interest consists of. The individual would have to be getting paid by both the Food Co. and the FDA for it to be an actual conflict of interest legally. Can you prove that he was? No. Again, you make your opinions off speculation and exceptions.

 

[syadasti]

Ok let me make it clear for you then since you are so thick headed and believe anything big industries tell you. This guy was clearly conflict of interest to a basically criminal level:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a37c08e62068c.htm

"Take the case of Michael Taylor. After graduating from law school at the University of Virginia in 1976, Taylor went to work for the Food and Drug Administration, eventually rising to the position of executive assistant to the FDA's administrator. Then Taylor left the federal government for a post in the high powered D.C. law firm of King and Spaulding. Taylor was the firm's specialist in food and drug matters pending before the FDA. During his tenure at King and Spaulding Taylor's client included Coca-Cola, Carnation, the Food Biotechnology Council, and Monsanto. One of Taylor's duties was to represent Monsanto's efforts to get its bovine growth hormone approved by the FDA. Taylor left King and Spaulding in 1991 to rejoin the FDA, this time as Deputy Commission for Policy. In that position Taylor was responsible for writing guidelines on the use and marketing of the controversial hormone that were favorable to the company. Specifically, Taylor drafted guidelines that exempted milk producers from labeling dairy products from cows that had been treated with rBHG. Now Taylor has returned to Monsanto, working on what the company calls "long range planning."...

During his days at King and Spaulding, Taylor also authored more than a dozen articles critical of the Delaney Clause, a federal law passed in 1958 prohibiting the introduction of known carcinogens to processed foods. The Delaney Clause had long been opposed by Monsanto and other chemical and pesticide companies. When Taylor rejoined the federal government, he continued to argue that Delaney should be overturned. This was finally done when President Clinton signed the so-called Food Quality Protection Act on the eve of the 1996 elections."

 

[BurlyShirley]

So the guy believes in a cause and had fought for it in many venues. John Kerry claims to be doing the same thing. Ralph Nader claims the same. All that article is, is a resume.

 

[Dingus McGee]

$cientists don't know shiznitz about food danger. It's all about profit.
I would not be surprised when someone proves that certain cancers can be linked directly to highly-processed phoods.

I wonder if there is any cancer data pre-demise of family farm era.

Paradoxically, the concentrated Soy aminos many vegans supplement their animal-proteinless diets with is turning out to be god-awful for us. Notice how Odwalla quietly removed Odwalla Milk from the shelves 2 years ago - Their owner, Coca-Cola is covering their ass.

Big agribusiness doesn't give a f!@#$ about you and if you buy their 'better living thru chemistry' B.S. you deserve what you get.