Meeting Public Comments

Gabby Fistler []

Vote No! Informed Consent Consumers should have the right to know that a products liability is limited prior to sale or use, especially in the case of medical products. Will this information be properly disclosed allowing the patient or consumer to make an informed decision prior to using it? Informed Consent requires the benefits, RISKS, and alternatives be discussed. Whether the risks are a side effect or the risk that a product causes injury due to negligence but you cannot hold the company accountable for it. Limiting Rights What problem is this solving that we need to again limit the rights of consumers/patients to hold companies accountable? When a product severely harms someone a lawsuit is often the only way the public will learn that a product is unsafe. Allowing for this limited liability will only encourage more dangerous products to be put on the market without as much accountability. The FDA is notorious for having weak or lax conflict of interest rules. A 2000 investigation by the US House Government Reform Committee found an overwhelming majority of members and consultants have substantial ties to the pharmaceutical industry they are responsible for over denying or approving. The rules that do exist are weak and their enforcement has been lax. Many are given waivers to participate in committee proceedings despite their known conflicts. The FDA continues to have to pull products from the market that they once considered safe and suitable for public use. Things like Acutaine, OxyContin, Levaquin, Cipro, Mirena birth control, Enfamil & NEC baby formula, etc.

Jasanna Czellar []

Vote against! Why on earth would we want less accountability for manufacturers of products that can be life saving Or life threatening? When the FDA already has a proven track record of not pulling dangerous products until plenty are injured, why would we want to give companies more immunity? Most companies only care about bottom dollar so the ability to sue for a damaging product is essential to holding them accountable to honest and above board actions.

Coreena Kinney []

Vote no! Giving manufacturers immunity for the harm their products do is definitely not going to make a product safer. Having to pay for those harms motivates the companies to make changes and make the products safer. The FDA has approved plenty of products that were later recalled, usually after hundreds of people were hurt. FDA approval is no guarantee of a safe product.

Liz L []

I'm opposed to this. Making it harder to hold those who harm Iowans accountable is a disservice to us. Hundreds of biologicals and drugs are recalled by the FDA annually. I think this is the info a previous commenter was aiming for but I couldn't get their link to work https://datadashboard.fda.gov/ora/cd/recalls.htm

Ella Hall []

The FDA is supposed to protect public health by ensuring safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. has become known for promoting faulty products to American consumers. Unfortunately, the FDA's "approvals" have put consumers at risk. Florida's Attorney General Joseph Ladapo is trying to stop the Covid injections in human beings and Texas is suing Pfizer. Covid vaccination injuries were spotlighted on Capitol Hill by a group of physicians that were shedding light on the adverse side effects of COVID19 vaccinations. Consumers that took Covid shots are at risk because of the presence of DNA fragments in the shots. Upon examination of some vials, it was found that DNA contamination exceeds the FDAs10ng/dose requirements. DNA integration may result in chromosomal instability and cancer. In addition, vials of Covid shots showed contamination with SV40 (a known cause of cancer that has been in polio vaccines before). SV40 is linked to mesotheliomas, lymphomas and cancers of the brain and bone.The FDA never did any DNA integration assessments on mRNA Covid shots.Please do not pass ANY bill giving protection to big corporations when their products harm Iowa's citizens, especially based upon the fraudulent FDA standards. We must make these manufacturers responsible for their products if ever we are to have safe products.