“The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has caught itself in a trap of precedent and logic that should force it, finally, to regulate homeopathic products. FDA regulations require that drugs and treatments be ’scientifically proven safe and effective.’ … After all, what’s the harm? Well, one harm, according to hundreds of people and dozens of lawsuits, is that some of Matrixx Initiatives’ homeopathic Zicam cold ‘treatments’ cause anosmia — the loss of smell, a sense necessary both to enjoy a summer day and to detect gas leaks, fires and spoiled food.” [editor’s note: OK, time out! Something indeed stinks here! Ms. Allen is usually pretty perceptive on this stuff; has Big Pharma & the FDA matched her price for selling out? The Zicam/zinc thing had far more to do with protecting BP than with protecting consumers! - SAT] (07/13/09)