Six Of 15 WHO Experts Who Advised On Flu Pandemic Had Ties With Pharmaceutical Industry

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

The WHO (World Health Organization) used the recommendations of 15 experts when deciding to class the H1N1 (swine flu) outbreak as a pandemic - 6 of them had declared potential conflicts of interest; they had close ties with drug and vaccine manufacturers. WHO released the names of the experts. The ...

Tainted milk shows China’s food safety challenges

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while producers are undertrained, experts said Thursday.