Ronald Bailey on Supplements, FDA, LEF

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This article at Reason Online is somewhat tangential to the real business of healthy life extension, but the FDA and Life Extension Foundation are influential players in the ongoing battles over research, supplements and consumer rights. From where I stand, the FDA is one of the most outrageous examples of government waste and senseless obstruction. The FDA, alongside anti-research legislation, is causing great harm to the development of age-retarding pharmaceuticals, stem cell therapies and regenerative medicine - all essential first steps towards indefinite healthy lifespans.

Link: http://www.reason.com/rb/rb092403.shtml