K2Jul 7
ProPublica

With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.

“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #Medicine #Government

FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

ProPublica
Jul 7 at 1:01pmWeb
Show threadMarc GeffenJul 7
@ProPublica We saw what happened in Texas when the both the National Weather Service and NOAA funding were slashed to pay for Trump’s high end tax cuts. How long before the same thing happens here? When it does, don’t you dare let them blame Biden.
Show threadseachanged3d ago

@marcgeffen @ProPublica

"The NWS forecasting offices were operating normally at the time of the disaster, said Greg Waller, service coordination hydrologist with the NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center in Fort Worth."

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/05/texas-hill-country-floods-warning-forecast-nws/

I know there's going to be an investigation, but it'll mostly be by those that are looking to shed blame. The NWS certainly provided ample and adequate warning.

In Texas region prone to catastrophic floods, questions grow about lack of warning

Water rose fast along the Guadalupe River, causing dozens of deaths. Local officials said they couldn’t have seen it coming.

The Texas Tribune
Show threadThomas 🔭🕹️Jul 7
@ProPublica Presumably the quacks at the helm of HHS, FDA and CDC will at some point in the future when bad things happened use this as “proof” that medications are dangerous and that we need more eugenics
Show threadbirdpoofJul 7

@thomasfuchs @ProPublica

I can see this happening. And too many people will fall for it.

(Like the gutting of fed agencies --> fed agencies are ineffective --> therefore agencies should be eliminated entirely --> stupid/evil people believe this is logical)

Show threadThomas 🔭🕹️Jul 7
@birdpoof @ProPublica yeah there’s “prior art”
Show threadatlovatoJul 7
@ProPublica - a lot of unhealthy drugs.
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellJul 7
@ProPublica oh joy mess are even. Lore dangerous
Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenJul 7
@ProPublica Weren’t they going to use AI (aka. machine lying, unless it’s proper domain-specific models) instead? What could possibly go wrong.
Show thread🇳𝗮ꜟ𝖼𝘩3d ago
@ProPublica
Are those Daleks on crack?
Show threadFlamingo02113d ago
@ProPublica the government is broke. Its going to get much worse. America is heading towards bankruptcy. People in government do not fix problems they fix careers.