Essays Tagged: "Food and Drug Administration"

This was an essay on aphrodisiacs. A list of alleged aphrodisiacs and their affects on sexual behavior, as well as definition and history.

things to make something already great better? I found this topic to be very intriguing because the Food and Drug Administration declares that there is no scientific proof of any aphrodisiacs; Althoug ... ny aphrodisiacs; Although the population considers many things to be aphrodisiacs. Just because the food and drug administration does not recognize any substance as an aphrodisiac, does that mean that ...

(6 pages) 123 2 4.7 Jul/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Vivisection (Experimentation on living animals)

n 1933 after a lady who was applying mascara got it in her eye and she went blind. Then in 1938 the Food and Drug Administration passed the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to protect the public fr ... s or ingredients on animals shows that it is perfectly possible to prepare and sell safe cosmetics, food and drugs which do not contain ingredients that have been tested on animals.Truth 3- This is on ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

What was the outcome of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?

take initiative of the situation. This began a series of events which eventually developed the Pure Food and Drug Administration Act.Upton Sinclair's novel described the daily routines of the meat-pac ... law forcing not only meat and beef packers, but should include any involvement with the Inter-State food business. It also stated that a license should be in effect and should only be granted by the F ...

(8 pages) 90 0 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Governmental Role In Pharmacy.

on plans.(Abraham, p. 1498)The government controls every aspect of the pharmaceutical industry. The Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, is the governmental agency that is in charge of regulating ...

(7 pages) 293 0 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Product Recall information.

The Food and Drug AdministrationFood SafetyProduct Recall ProceduresAndInspection ProceduresIntroduction ... tyProduct Recall ProceduresAndInspection ProceduresIntroductionThis research paper will discuss the Food and Drug Administration. I will focus on a small part of the agency's history and also the duti ... he duties of the Food and Drug Administration pertaining to recall and inspection procedures.HistoryFood Production has been regulated in the United States since the mid 1800s. The Food and Drug Act, ...

(8 pages) 199 0 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

This paper is about drugs and athletes in todays society

ers discovered them in the 1940's and 1950's.Steroids do have some medical value. The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of selected steroids for treating specific types o ...

(5 pages) 81 0 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

My Views on Animal Experimantation.

sts claim that they establish the safety ofboth the products and their components. However, the Foodand Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmeticproducts, does not require animal ...

(3 pages) 101 1 3.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Animal Testing

Don't Trust the Labels: Be an Informed Consumer Uses the argument that nutritional supplements should undergo testing by the FDA, like any other drug, before they are put on the market.

supplement. American consumers spent nearly 31 billion dollars in 1999 on dietary supplements. "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has over 2,900 adverse event reports about ephedrine, ginkgo, St ... supplement. American consumers spent nearly 31 billion dollars in 1999 on dietary supplements. "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has over 2,900 adverse event reports about ephedrine, ginkgo, St ...

(22 pages) 124 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Cigarettes: What's Killing Our Country.

ars, and recently nicotine, the main chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration. This explains why smokers continue to use cigarettes even though smoke ... iefly imputable to its chemical additive nicotine.4 Nicotine was recently declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration, which explains why many smokers continue to smoke despite the numerous ...

(6 pages) 84 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Drugs in sports.

performance-enhancing substances should be prohibited by sports organizations and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) especially if they could cause damage to others or oneself.There ... system diseases, and pulmonary maladies (Lieberman 2). They used it also to travel for days without food only having a ginseng root in their mouth to give them energy (Lieberman 3). Manufacturers stat ...

(8 pages) 152 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Artificial Sweetners

nt isstevia, formally known as Stevia rebaudiana, and today it is underwholesale attack by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Stevia is a fairly unassuming perennial shrub of the aster family(Aster ... and Korea. Stevia and itsextracts have captured over 40% of the Japanese market. Majormultinational food companies like Coca Cola and Beatrice foods,convinced of its safety, use stevia extracts to swe ...

(8 pages) 127 1 4.9 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Silicon or Saline This essay debates the current event issue of which breast implant is safer, Silicon or Saline, and if the FDA should lift the ban off of silicon implants completely..

Recently, the Food and Drug Administration has recommended that silicone breast implants should be allowed back on ...

(5 pages) 76 2 3.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Flirting With Disaster: The OxyContin Epidemic In The U.S.

extended time-release formula was patented by Purdue Fredrick, and approved for prescription by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1995. OxyContin is a Schedule II narcotic used for pain relief ... 1). In May 2000, the FDA wrote a letter to Purdue Pharma stating that they had violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act in one of their magazine ads. The ad implied that OxyContin had been pro ...

(9 pages) 95 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Prozac - What is it?

ctive serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) family. Prozac was first introduced in 1987 when the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved its release in the United States. The drug is commonly prescri ... 1976. Eli Lilly then applied for the rights to sell the drug in the United States in 1983. The U.S Food and Drug Administration granted their request for approval to sell Prozac in 1986, and the drug ...

(4 pages) 80 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Over-Medication? View on Over-medicating "America"

aper cut. As Norman Cousins points out:The king of all painkillers, of course, is aspirin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration permits aspirin to be sold without prescription, but the drug, contrary ...

(2 pages) 44 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Cigarettes: What's Killing Our Country

ars, and recently nicotine, the main chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration. This explains why smokers continue to use cigarettes even though smoke ... iefly imputable to its chemical additive nicotine.4 Nicotine was recently declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration, which explains why many smokers continue to smoke despite the numerous ...

(5 pages) 44 0 4.5 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Obesity

ming an issue in the United States, it's important the American people should recognize eating fast-food and other junk foods is an unsanitary way of living. To correct this way of living, people need ... k on their lives.First of all, in order to solve the problem of obesity, people need to stop eating food high in sugars and carbohydrates and start eating foods with more nutritional values. According ...

(2 pages) 24 0 1.7 Apr/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

AP American History - Compare and discuss Upton Sinclair's THE JUNGLE, Orwell's 1984 and progressive American politics - Bibliography Included!

lants and meat, in her book The Jungle, brought upon legislation that molded the foundations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This book clearly shows how one simple action can lead to extrao ... proar eventually lead to the passage of legislation, including the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 (FELA), which in turn lead to the establishment of the Food and Drug Admin ...

(4 pages) 39 0 5.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Children and Marijuana Don't Mix: Reasons Why Marijuana should be Kept Illegal.

time until the late 1700's, it was used for its hemp fabric. It wasn't until the 1900's, after the Food and Drug Administration was established, where marijuana had any government insight. From there ...

(4 pages) 67 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Cigarettes - Number 1 killer in our country.

ars, and recently nicotine, the main chemical additive in cigarettes, was declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration. This explains why smokers continue to use cigarettes even though smoke ... iefly imputable to its chemical additive nicotine.4 Nicotine was recently declared addictive by the Food and Drug Administration, which explains why many smokers continue to smoke despite the numerous ...

(4 pages) 18 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues