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Upcoming Anti-Fur Actions by Jun1022@cybernex.net (Student Abolitionist League) 12) Hunter Fatality by SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US 13) Korean company develops drug for Cholesterolemia by Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> 14) FDA OVERHAUL BILL STUCK ON COSMETICS REGULATION by Lawrence Carter-Long <LCartLng@gvn.net> 15) Doris Day, Sen. Kennedy Oppose FDA Cosmetics Pre-Emption by Lawrence Carter-Long <LCartLng@gvn.net> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:35:35 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] Rabies alarm as fox bites five people Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970910203535.2a0711ee@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997 Rabies alarm as fox bites five people By Sean O'Neill ANTI-rabies injections have been given to five people bitten on the legs by a fox. Last night two veterinary surgeons, two Ministry of Agriculture officials and an animal biologist equipped with dart guns and nets were helping police search the area around the village of Mousehole in Cornwall. The fox has attacked two people in shops, a fisherman, a woman in a car park and a German tourist. Tim Clark, 17, said he was trying to chase the fox out of a shop when it nipped him. He said: "I looked down and it was right by my leg so I went over to the door and it followed me like a dog. But it was scared by someone outside and just went for my leg. I went to casualty and . . . had to have anti-rabies and tetanus shots." Jean Webb was working in another shop when the animal bit a customer. She said: "All of a sudden a gentleman who had been looking at the postcards outside ran in and said he had been bitten on the ankle." The country around Mousehole has a thriving fox population. The incidents happened on Sunday and Monday and it is thought that the animal might have been fed by tourists during the summer but now feels abandoned. A police spokesman said: "We believe this fox has been handled by humans . . . and then released back into the wild. It is now confused, disorientated and hungry." A MAFF spokesman said: "There is no evidence that this fox has got rabies and there is no cause for anyone in the area to panic. But we are certainly treating this incident seriously and have despatched one of our wildlife units to try to apprehend this animal as quickly as possible." ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:55:04 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] BAAS:Sunbathing saves caterpillars Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970910205504.277755b0@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997 British Association for the Advancement of Science: Reports by Roger Highfield, Robert Uhlig and Aisling Irwin Sunbathing saves caterpillars A LACK of opportunity for caterpillars to go sunbathing may be why the High Brown Fritillary is in decline. Efforts are now under way to improve opportunities for these insect sun seekers, said Dr Martin Warren of Butterfly Conservation. The High Brown Fritillary has declined by more than 95 per cent this century. Most of the 50 remaining colonies are in areas of dense bracken and Dr Warren and colleagues are beginning to understand why. Dr Warren said:"The caterpillars spend a lot of time in late spring sunbathing and that is why they like the bracken. It forms dead litter in the spring that gets very hot so that, for the caterpillars, it is like being in the south of France." There is plenty of dense bracken but it needs to be managed in a traditional way, Dr Warren said. "We are rediscovering the need for traditional management through the scientific process," he said. The butterfly is surviving in moorland around Dartmoor and Exmoor where there are cattle and ponies grazing among the bracken, breaking down the litter so that the caterpillar's favourite food plant - the violet - can grow through. The caterpillar needs a certain temperature to digest its food, similar to human blood temperature. Because it is unable to generate its own heat it must rely on sunbathing to keep warm enough, Dr Warren said. ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:58:46 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] BAAS:Pregnancy 'kit' for rhinos Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970910205846.2a074c4e@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997 British Association for the Advancement of Science: Reports by Roger Highfield, Robert Uhlig and Aisling Irwin Pregnancy 'kit' for rhinos A PREGNANCY and fertility testing service for elephants and black rhinos in the wild has been introduced by London Zoo, conservationists revealed yesterday. It is one of several programmes, including an attempt to clone northern hairy-nosed wombats and track confused Canadian cod, pioneered by the Zoological Society of London. The new technique allows rhino-watchers in Zimbabwe to monitor the fertility of threatened animals without having to take samples. Scientists are currently wandering African plains, collecting rhino and elephant droppings and flying them to London Zoo where they are analysed for hormone content. Dr William Holt, who leads the programme, said: "We can tell if the animal should be left alone or moved. It lets us determine if females are pregnant, infertile or clinically abnormal." The test service also enables conservationists to build a picture of the natural dynamics of the wild black rhino, an endangered species. Dr Holt is also working on a scheme to develop cloning technology to protect the last 50 hairy-nosed wombats, which live in Queensland, Australia. "All they need is a fire and they will be wiped out," he said. Dr Elodie Hudson, of Imperial College, said that although cod stocks have declined by more than half in 20 years, she has found one area off the east Canadian coast where confused cod are collecting in aimless shoals. "The older fish, which would normally lead the shoals along the migratory routes, have been fished, leaving the younger fish to gather in one place and mill around because they do not know where else to go," she said. ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:48:43 From: David J Knowles <dknowles@dowco.com> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: [UK] BAAS: 50 per cent are eating less meat Message-ID: <3.0.3.16.19970910204843.277752e6@dowco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >From The Electronic Telegraph - Thursday September 11th, 1997 British Association for the Advancement of Science: Reports by Roger Highfield, Robert Uhlig and Aisling Irwin MORE than 50 per cent of Britons are cutting meat consumption, prompting scientists to convert plant proteins into new foods with textures and tastes unlike anything known today. Concern about animal welfare, and the health effects and fat content of meat, have led record numbers to cut the amount of meat they eat, Dr David Baines, an independent food scientist, told the British Association. Although only four per cent of Britons is vegetarian, seven per cent have cut out red meat and 40 per cent often eat vegetarian meals. Even more Britons may have adopted a partially or wholly vegetarian diet than figures suggest because research was conducted before the BSE crisis. The market for vegetarian foods is one of the fastest growing in the food industry, worth ú400 million a year. Dr Baines said: "The fastest growth has been seen in vegetarian burgers and grills, which have increased by 139 per cent in five years. Twenty years ago you had to be a dedicated vegetarian to eat a veggie-burger - they were like packaged cardboard. Now it's a pleasant eat because of improvements in food technology." Before the BSE crisis, several manufacturers refused to make vegetarian products. Now those makers have several vegetarian products on supermarket shelves. Arrum, a new artificial meat-like foodstuff made from wheat gluten and pea protein, with the bite characteristics, texture, flavour and look of animal flesh, is about to go on sale. It blends amino acids from pulse and cereal proteins to ensure an adequate supply of all the proteins the body needs for growth. Scientists at the Institute of Food Research in Reading developed Arrum by connecting electrodes to people's jaws to compare eating patterns from meat. Dr Baines said: "Texturally and nutritionally, it is equivalent to meat but only a tenth of its calories come from fat, whereas in beef it is around half. However, the nearer you get to meat, the more a certain part of the population reject it. For these people, the industry is developing totally new and unique foods, with textures and tastes quite unlike anything we know today." ⌐ Copyright Telegraph Group Limited 1997 Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:09:13 -0700 From: Andrew Gach <UncleWolf@worldnet.att.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Vegetarianism in Britain Message-ID: <34176EE9.6256@worldnet.att.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Health, animal welfare boost vegetarians in Britain Reuter Information Service LEEDS, England (September 10, 1997 6:33 p.m. EDT) - More Britons are giving up meat over concern about their health and the welfare of animals, a leading food consultant said Wednesday. Dr. David Baines, an independent consultant, told the British Association annual science conference that the number of vegetarians in Britain had doubled in recent decades. Vegetarians now made up eight percent of the population. In addition,half of the country's meat eaters had reduced their meat consumption, Baines said. "The market for vegetarian foods, also referred to as meat-free and animal-free foods, is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the food industry," Baines said. He said the annual sales of the sector were estimated at $635 million. Advances in technology had made the so-called "veggie burger" tastier and easier to chew, helping to fuel a 139 percent increase in sales of non-meat burgers and sausages ovet the past five years, Baines said. "Food sciences have moved forward," he said. "This growth (in demand) has fuelled investment in research in the food industry to develop new and improved ingredients specifically designed for vegetarian consumers." The biggest challenge facing the food industry had been to substitute meat with protein food products that look, taste and have the consistency of meat. Using a technique called electromyography, which measures chew characteristics, he said researchers had been able to produce meat substitutes with the same chew patterns as meat. And by combining proteins from soya, the most popular ingredient in meat substitutes, as well as peas and wheat gluten, food manufacturers had made products that have more protein and less fat than meat. "Health is the main concern," Baines said, explaining the trend away from meat. "Fat and animal welfare are the other key issues." Baines said fears sparked by the discovery last year that mad cow disease could apparently be transmitted to humans could only have added to the demand for alternative meat products. "The vegetarian market is expected to continue its dramatic growth over the forseeable future and this will generate further interest in developing new sources of plant proteins and innovative methods of converting these proteins into highly palatable food products. "As the technology advances, textured proteins derived from plants will become increasingly more sophisticated, providing a sound nutritional and enjoyable alternative to meat," he said. By PATRICIA REANEY, Reuters Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:32:14 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (HK) Thalidomide for leprosy victims Message-ID: <199709110632.OAA24458@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >South China Morning Post Thursday September 11 1997 Hong Kong leprosy victims try out thalidomide cure JANE MOIR Thalidomide, the drug which caused horrific deformities in more than 10,000 babies worldwide in the 1960s, is being used to treat local leprosy sufferers. The drug, originally used to suppress morning sickness, was banned after it was found it could have a devastating effect on babies. However, the head of the Government's Social Hygiene Service unit, Dr Lo Kuen-kong, said it was a "relatively safe drug" for leprosy pain. At present the drug is only used on male sufferers when other treatments have been exhausted, said Dr Lo. Research in the US points to a 90 per cent success rate. Doctors are now keen to extend the use of thalidomide to women sufferers and for treatment of other diseases. President of the Hong Kong Society of Dermatology and Venereology, Dr Chong Lai-yin, said it could be used to help women who were not pregnant. AIDS sufferers and patients who react to bone marrow transplants could also benefit. Up to 20 new leprosy patients are seen each year, although last year the number fell to eight. Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:32:20 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (IN) King cobras bred in captivity progressing well Message-ID: <199709110632.OAA24700@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >The Hindu Online Date: 10-09-1997 :: Pg: 03 :: Col: b King cobras bred in captivity progressing well By Our Staff Reporter CHENNAI, Sept. 9. The survival rate of 20 one-year-old king cobras, the prized possession of the Centre for Herpetology, Madras Crocodile Bank bred in captivity is satisfactory. Several Zoological Parks in the country and abroad have shown interest in taking the reptiles, according to Mr. Nigel Joseph, Centre Coordinator, Crocodile Bank. All the young ones were hatched last year and the breeding was claimed to be second in the country's history by Mr. Romulus Whitaker, Director of the Centre. Though the number of this particular species had increased considerably in captive breeding at the Centre, they were not displayed to the visitors. Now the Centre has constructed a separate enclosure for displaying a king cobra. The reason for delay in display is attributed to the security of human beings and snakes. An air cooler, a heating pad with bamboo plantings and a small pond have been provided inside the enclosure for the comfort of the reptile. This would be open from September 10, said Mr. Gerard Martin, Assistant Curator of the Crocodile Bank. Earlier a similar king cobra was on display at the Snake Park. London Zoo, Swedish Skansen Akveriet, Mysore Zoo and Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur were some of the Parks who requested the Centre to provide them a king cobra. As there was no anti- venom available in the country for king cobra's bite, the Centre has given a few guidelines in constructing enclosures for the reptiles. ``Once the young ones grow into a larger size or adulthood, it will be given to them'', said Mr. Gerard. Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:58:40 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (CA-TW) Hog industry moving to Canada Message-ID: <199709111058.SAA31120@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >CNA Daily English News Wire TAIWAN HOG INDUSTRY MOVING TO CANADA Ottawa, Sept. 9 (CNA) A ground-breaking ceremony will be held on Thursday in Lethbridge, southern Alberta, for a Taiwan-invested frozen pork processing facility which has been welcomed from federal International Trade Minister Sergio Marchi down to Lethbridge Mayor David Carpenter. Participants in the ceremony will come not only from Taiwan, but also Japan. Just a week earlier, another Taiwan company breathed new life into a Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan pork packing plant by buying an 85 percent interest in the failing business. A local business leader said the sale "provides long-term, stable markets for the Moose Jaw plant, expands the province's exports to the Pacific Rim and gives major financial benefits" to hog raisers in the area. The Taiwan Sugar Corp. (Taisugar), a major producer of pork products in Taiwan, has been seriously scouting a site in Canada's prairie provinces to raise hogs. The two deals in Alberta andSaskatchewan will only hasten Taisugar's decision to settle for a major hog-raising project, probably not far from the Lethbridge plant. Taiwan has scurried to find new sources of pork supplies since an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in 1997 halted shipments of Taiwan pork to Japan. All of the current Taiwan investment projects have an eye on the Japanese market. For example, Yuan Yi Agricultural and Livestock Enterprise Co. Ltd., based in southern Taiwan, is investing C$15 million in the Lethbridge plant, which will start regular pork exports to Japan in the fall of 1998. The Canadian government has done its part to lure the Taiwan hog industry into setting up shop in Canada. Take the Yuan Yi project, again. The city council of Lethbridge, with assistance from the provincial and federal governments, have warded off environmental protests and agreed to provide hardware infrastructure for the 50-acre site. The city's "partnership" with Yuan Yi includes selling the land at a price "significantly lower than the market level," and building on-site sewer, water, electricity and natural gas lines, as well as roads to the facility, according to an official of the city's Economic Development Department. The provincial government supports the project by giving all information, including how to deal with the cultural differences between Taiwan and Canada, to help ensure it will be a success story, a provincial official told the CNA. Perhaps because of the warm welcome it received, Yuan Yi has purchased another 14 acres of industrial land adjacent to the pork processing plant for a frozen vegetable processing facility. Its chairman, Lee Chi-hsiang, has smartly announced a C$1 million "make friends with new neighbors" donation, committing to give out C$100,000 to the city for ten consecutive years starting in September 2000. Yuan Yi has been welcomed in Alberta because the Lethbridge plant will increase its capacity to 8,000 hogs per day, or two million per year, employing as many as 800 people. The ongoing benefits, according to an estimate by the University of Lethbridge, will be between C$860 million and C$915 million per year. To put it in perspective, compare two 1996 figures: the whole of Alberta exported 5,000 tons of pork to Japan; Yuan Yi alone, 25,000 tons. When Yuan Yi is in full production, Alberta will almost double its 1996 hog slaughtering number of 2.8 million. The increased demand for two million more hogs a year certainly will benefit grain farmers and boost the income of Alberta hog farms by 180 percent. The purchase of the Moose Jaw packing plant by the Tai-Fang Group of Taiwan will expand employment to around 100 within five months. Tai-Fang will buy 18 percent of plant production, or 2,500 hogs per week. Remaining processed hogs will be sold on the North American market. Tai-Fang sold one million hogs to Japan last year. (By S.C. Chang) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:58:58 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: (AU-TW) Sisterhood pact between Brisbane and Kaohsiung Message-ID: <199709111058.SAA02692@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" No obvious AR content but might be of interest and use to Australian animal activists - considering the memorable animal cruelty issues Taiwan has become world-famous for this past year. - Vadivu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >CNA Daily English News Wire KAOHSIUNG SIGNS SISTERHOOD PACT WITH BRISBANE Canberra, Sept. 9 (CNA) The southern Taiwan port city of Kaohsiung is to sign a sisterhood agreement with Brisbane on Tuesday, Kaohsiung Mayor Wu Tun-yi said in the Australian coastal city. In an interview with CNA, Wu said the agreement is significant because it means Kaohsiung and Brisbane will forge closer cultural, educational and trade ties. "Brisbane is the 21st sister city of Kaohsiung and the agreement will not only bring the two cities closer but also deepen friendship among people of the two cities. I believe we will have stronger cooperation between Kaohsiung and Brisbane in the years ahead," he said. Brisbane is the first Australian city to twin itself with Taiwan's second largest city. Wu, who arrived in Brisbane on Monday, was feted by Brisbane Mayor Jim Soorley that night. More than 200 guests, including government officials and Taiwanese immigrants, attended the party. Wu first visited Brisbane last year to attend the International Mayoral Conference there. On Wednesday, Wu will proceed to Sydney, where he will meet overseas Chinese and visit the facilities for the next Olympic Games. Sydney is the host the Games in 2000. >From Sydney he will go to Melbourne to meet overseas Chinese and visit points of interests. Wu will then go to Auckland, New Zealand before returning to Kaohsiung on September 15. (By Peter Chen) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:59:06 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: ROC concludes agricultural accord with Argentina for WTO entry Message-ID: <199709111059.SAA12001@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >CNA Daily English News Wire ROC CONCLUDES AGRICULTURAL ACCORD WITH ARGENTINA FOR WTO ENTRY Taipei, Sept. 10 (CNA) Taiwan is to sign an agricultural accord with Argentina next week in exchange for that country's support for Taiwan's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). Under the accord, Argentine beef, marine and agricultural products will begin reaching Taiwan in about two months, according to agricultural officials. With the conclusion of this pact, only the United States and Canada remain out of a total of 26 countries that had asked for agricultural negotiations with Taiwan related to the island's WTO entry, said Huang Ching-jung, an official of the Council of Agriculture. Argentina asked Taiwan to lower its tariffs on 99 agricultural and fishery products. Since Taiwan had already granted other countries tariff concessions on most of these products in separate bilateral negotiations, the issue was resolved after Taiwan agreed to let Argentina enjoy similar low tariff rates. Taiwan also agreed to import 2,000 tons of apples and 1,000 tons of lemons and grapefruit from Argentina during the period before the island becomes a WTO member. With the pact set to be inked next week, Huang said he expects Argentina's beef, aquacultural products and fruits to hit Taiwan markets within two months. Taiwan started negotiations with Argentina in 1994 but balked at that country's demand for Taiwan to import its beef because some Argentine cattle were infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The obstacle was ironed out after international authorities declared Argentina FMD-free in May and the United States lifted its ban on the import of Argentine beef in August. After an on-site inspection, Taiwan authorities approved 12 Argentine slaughterhouses to export beef to the island. Taiwan will continue its agricultural negotiations with the United States and Canada next month. (By Maubo Chang) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 07:33:46 -0400 From: Jun1022@cybernex.net (Student Abolitionist League) To: ar-news@envirolink.org Cc: veg-teen@envirolink.org, seac-region14@earthsystems.org, seac-animalrights@earthsytems.org Subject: Important!! Upcoming Anti-Fur Actions Message-ID: <v01540b01b03cd8d0b4e7@[204.141.118.236]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Please forward to all relevant lists (e.g. the NJARA list, Joe Mieile) Upcoming CAFT EVENTS September 12 Friday 7:30 PM 19 year old Danny Seo, who got Lerner New York, Eddie Bauer, and BonTon out of the fur trade will lecture at Barnes and Noble, 675 6th Ave Endorsed and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by CAFT-NYC September 13 Saturday Noon Protest Zamir Furs 90 West Houston Street Between Thomposn and LaGuardia (Note Afterwards the NYC Animal Defense League will protest the Yeollow Rat Bastard Clothing Store, which cruelly confines rats in adeqate conditions) September 21, Sunday 11:15 AM SHARP!! Meet at Macy's entrance of Queens Center Mall, 90-01 Queens Blvd for store walk-thru, followed by demo and march to Sterns, and demo at Stern's September 27, Saturday 11:45 AM SHARP!! March thru the fur district starting on the West side of 27th and 7th, Marching up to Stern's in the Manhattan Mall for a demo and on the Herald Square Macy's For more info call Adam at the Wetlands Preserve at (212) 966-5244 ****Call the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade-NYC upcoming events hotline at (800) 473-5490***** "Man is able to abuse and slaughter and experiment on animals simply because he is stronger than they are. There's no MORAL ground on which to justify any animal exploitation, A child with leukemia has no more intrinsic right to life than does an white rat. Anyone who believes that man's intellegence make him specials should only look at the way we continue to destroy our environment. Man is NOT an intelligent species." -- Grant Morrison, Animal Man #26, a comic book available from Student Abolitionist League's lending library Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 07:39:41 UTC From: SDURBIN@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Hunter Fatality Message-ID: <199709111238.IAA18171@envirolink.org> (Oklahoma, USA): A 22-year-old dove hunter died on the second day of that season while trying to free a shell that was stuck in the chamber of his shotgun. He was hunting with his father near Lake Hall in Harmon County in Oklahoma. Doves and squirrels are legal game now in Oklahoma and the special teal duck hunting season is near, as is rabbit hunting, upland game birds in some famed midwestern states, and then big game seasons across the state. -- Sherrill Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 23:46:18 +0800 (SST) From: Vadivu Govind <kuma@cyberway.com.sg> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Korean company develops drug for Cholesterolemia Message-ID: <199709111546.XAA09261@eastgate.cyberway.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >The Korea Herald 12 Sept 97 Chong Kun Dang Develops Drug for Cholesterolemia Chong Kun Dang Corp., one of Korea's leading pharmaceutical companies, has successfully developed a drug for the treatment of cholesterolemia, the major of cause of heart-related diseases. The drug has been named Lovostatin and was created solely on local technology. Two billion won (around $2.2 million) was invested in the project over the past four years. Chong Kun Dang is planning to apply for patents on the technology in the United States, Japan and Europe. Lovostatin will be available on the local market sometime later this year. The world market for this kind of drug, estimated to be worth $7 billion in 1996, is dominated by the American firm Merck. With the development of Lovostatin, Chong Kun Dang is hoping to contribute to import substitution of the drug in the local market which should be worth around 10 billion won this year. Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:53:33 -0700 From: Lawrence Carter-Long <LCartLng@gvn.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: FDA OVERHAUL BILL STUCK ON COSMETICS REGULATION Message-ID: <341813FD.3D6B@gvn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FDA OVERHAUL BILL STUCK ON COSMETICS REGULATION September 11, 1997 WASHINGTON - NEW JERSEY RECORD: A proposal to preempt state regulation of cosmetics is emerging as a major sticking point in a long-delayed effort to revamp the Food and Drug Administration. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., who opposes the provision, said Friday it shows "a callous disregard for the health of American women" since there currently is limited federal oversight of the $20 billion industry. "The only authority we have out there is at the state level and this bill is taking that away," said Kennedy. "How much do we have to yield to the greed of that industry . . . and why should we do it?" Cosmetics regulation lies with the FDA, but the agency spends its regulatory dollars in other areas. States do most of the oversight as a result. The pending bill exempts California, where voters approved a referendum in 1986 requiring health warnings on products with certain toxins. Sponsors say the provision would establish uniform, national labeling and warning requirements for cosmetics and over-the-counter drugs to give consumers the same information, regardless of what state they're in. Kennedy, who spent several hours criticizing the provision Friday, said the non-partisan General Accounting Office, the investigative branch of Congress, had identified more than 125 ingredients available for cosmetics suspected of causing cancer. Others may cause birth defects. "This bill does not ignore the problem of cosmetics," countered Sen. Jim Jeffords, R-Vt., a sponsor of the overhaul bill. "For the first time, it really emphasizes that the FDA and states should do something." The cosmetics provision is one of a handful of issues threatening the latest FDA overhaul bill to emerge from Congress. Lawmakers agree the agency needs to be quicker with its drug and medical device approvals, but they disagree over how to achieve that without endangering people's lives and health. Kennedy also opposes provisions he says would eliminate FDA protections against unsafe or ineffective medical devices and possibly interfere with its ability to regulate tobacco, a power the administration is hoping to increase with any nationwide settlement with the tobacco industry. The bill's supporters cleared a procedural hurdle early Friday with an 89-5 vote that put an end to Democratic stalling tactics and allowed the Senate to begin debating the bill. Debate was to continue Monday. [Copyright 1997] -- Lawrence Carter-Long Science and Research Issues, Animal Protection Institute email: LCartLng@gvn.net world wide web: http://www.api4animals.org/ "The person using the Internet has the choice. Whether the Internet becomes material for happiness or for suffering depends on your mind. The mind goes before the external object." -- The Buddhist monks of Namgyal Monastery Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 09:06:44 -0700 From: Lawrence Carter-Long <LCartLng@gvn.net> To: ar-news@envirolink.org Subject: Doris Day, Sen. Kennedy Oppose FDA Cosmetics Pre-Emption Message-ID: <34181714.58BB@gvn.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 
