Michael F. Jacobson quotes
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“The naturally colored products aren't as bright as the synthetically colored products, they're not as attractive to consumers. But, you know, it's the kind of thing that consumers simply would get used to very quickly.”
-- Michael F. JacobsonSource : Source: www.npr.org
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“22 of 52 top (FDA) officials have worked for regulated industries, or organizations that cater to those industries...During a hearing held in 1969 by the House Inter-governmental Relations Subcommittee, it was disclosed that of 49 high ranking FDA officials who had recently resigned or retired, 37 joined or served as consultants to regulated industries.”
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“...The ACS raised over $180 million last year through its network of 58 Divisions and 3,000 local Chapters. The Society's major public campaign is aimed at reducing smoking and cancers related to it. Yet...the ACS has but a single (lobbyist) in Washington DC. The industry-supported Tobacco Institute, on the other hand, has a ten million dollar budget which supports dozens of Washington staff.”
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“Fat slips through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream where it distributes the nutrients throughout the body. Olestra can't get through the wall, and it continues down the intestines and out the body.”
-- Michael F. JacobsonSource : "FDA looks at fat substitute" by Eugenia Halsey, www.cnn.com. November 18, 1995.
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“Coke and Pepsi, with the acquiescence of the FDA, are needlessly exposing millions of Americans to a chemical that causes cancer,”
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“I think, in terms of the media, journalists need to do a much better job of asking people they interview about conflicts of interest and then reporting them.”
-- Michael F. JacobsonSource : "The Food Industry's Influence In Nutrition Research". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. September 17, 2016.
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“Industries do everything they can to enhance the reputations of the industry and their products.”
-- Michael F. JacobsonSource : "The Food Industry's Influence In Nutrition Research". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. September 17, 2016.
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“Scientists should be doing a better job of guarding their own reputations and of the general scientific community.”
-- Michael F. JacobsonSource : "The Food Industry's Influence In Nutrition Research". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. September 17, 2016.
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“She was the kind of person who would rather light a candle than curse the darkness.”
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“The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players.”
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Source : "'De l'Art de persuader' ('On the Art of Persuasion')". Book by Blaise Pascal, 1658.
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“I've always found music that is carnal very attractive but not in the most obvious way.”
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“You can't talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument.”
Source : "Fujimori breaks silence and urges release of hostages". www.cnn.com. December 22, 1996.
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