In a message dated 5/31/01 9:21:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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<<   You're right, but ultimately one is left to one's own discernment to
 decide which ones ARE valid because of poorly designed studies and false
 reporting, which  is epidemic in pharmaceutical company studies.  There's
 too much politics going on here, and too mamy drugs that have too many
 harmful effects.
  >>

This is very true. Have you looked at that www.whale.org website...the money
and politics have corrupted the whole edifice. Consumers have to educate
themselves - nobody can be trusted, least of all any government
pronouncements.

Charles
San Diego, CA