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Old 10-15-2012, 11:49 AM   #1
Spexxvet
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meningitis outbreak 2012

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Seven more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis linked to possibly tainted vials of a steroid medication, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday, bringing the total number of cases to 205 in 14 states.
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NECC engaged in a little-known practice called drug compounding that is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, which generally oversees drug makers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8970TQ20121014

I'm disturbed that we can be injected with something that is basically unregulated and uninspected.
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