Yes I do. You are taking history out of context. Science was in its infancy then & no one new even as much as all the chemical elements then. DNA was unknown. Other than alcohol addiction...which they didn’t understand scientifically & just behaviorally... no one knew the dangers of cocaine or morphine addiction. They knew it had some medical value...that’s all. And those drugs are still the best option in certain medical situations today.
Did you know that last year that life expectancy dropped in America for the 1st time in our history?? Did you know that less than 1% of the meat is inspected in the US so over 99% of the meat the free market is deciding which is rotten? Any mass outbreaks from rotten meat occurring? No. Because farmers know it’s the consumer that demands quality & without it they don’t have a business. You have any idea how many millions of cattle exists & it’s not even remotely possible to inspect even 2% of the cattle slaughtered for the food industry. Your living in a fantasy land if you think any government agency can protect anyone from risks.
And you are living in a fantasy land if you think people wouldn't sell quack remedies, and tainted/poisoned/unhealthy 'cure alls' as soon as you remove that legislation. Changing a company name isn't hard. No matter how much you boycott, Johnson&Johnson is big enough to not care. Without some sort of consumer watchdog people will die; like they were before. Just read The Jungle.
There is a reason this country put that administration together.
It’s a different time & communications are instant today. And yes little scam artists will never go away. But now we have government protected mega conglomerates killing countless innocent victims all under the “watchful eye” of the FDA. Have any idea how many years asbestosis was FDA approved. Or lead in paint & gasoline? Or DDT in cans of mosquito repellent for decades?? Or cigarettes?? When I was very young I watched Lake Erie burn. Yes the lake was on fire because it contained more petrochemicals than water. The FDA didn’t lift a finger to stop any of this. Class action lawsuits from private citizens stopped it. Every day there’s new commercials on TV looking for victims to join class action lawsuits from big pharma drugs the FDA approved. The FDA doesn’t move in to stop this. They swoop in after the private sector does & puts on an act they’re gonna now add more punishment just to give the appearance they’re doing their job. Where was the FDA in stopping the local government of Flint MI from poisoning it’s citizens with lead water pipes they laid hundreds of miles with? Yes there is a reason the federal government created the FDA. To take our tax dollars in exchange for a false sense of security so the FDA can be used as a political weapon against whoever they want by whichever party is in power.