The U.S Government bans items that could cause commotion in the country. Items such as things that may bring insects or disease into the United States. The Government often ban things to get rid of a problem or to solve a problem. Although not banning items may cause commotion in some ways, it is acceptable to see what the product does to the country because the product may do good for certain people. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) bans foods and drugs. The Federal Drug Administration bans things that may be a nuisance to the society. Items that may cause choking hazards or products that come from overseas that may be harmful are banned. Items that are banned may not have a good enough reason to be banned, this may cause certain people to be frustrated and angry. Although not banning items may cause commotion in some ways, it is acceptable to see what the product does to the country because the product may do good for certain people. …show more content…
Banning products don't eliminate the problem. although it may be a solution to the problem, it doesn’t always fix it. Drugs for example, the Government should let the people decide if they want to destroy themselves with knowing the consequences. Drugs in public is banned due to harming people who are around the consumer of the drug. People should have the freedom to do what they want to a certain extent without having to go against the banning of a product. Although not banning items may cause commotion in some ways, it is acceptable to see what the product does to the country because the product may do good for certain
The main reason that this law was put into place was because there were no regulations regarding food health and safety. There were also market failures due to the lack of food regulations, because the public could not tell if a certain food product had been altered in any way. Also many food markets completely neglected the environment, due to no set standard for environmental protection.
In Lee Ann Fisher Baron’s “Junk Science,” she claims that the “food industry with the help of federal regulators” sometimes use “[a science that] bypasses [the] system of peer review. Presented directly to the public by…‘experts’ or ‘activists,’ often with little or no supporting evidence, this ‘junk science’ undermines the ability…[for] everyday consumers to make rational decisions” (921). Yet Americans still have a lot of faith in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to a 2013 Pew Research study, 65% of Americans are “very favorable” or “mostly favorable” of the FDA. When it comes to what people put in their bodies, the FDA has a moral obligation to be truthful and transparent. The bottom line of the FDA’s myriad of responsibilities is to help protect the health of Americans. Deciding what to eat is a critical part of living healthily, and consumers must be able to trust that this massive government agency is informing them properly of the contents of food. While the FDA does an excellent job in many areas, it has flaws in other areas. One of its flaws is allowing the food industry to print food labels that are deceptive, unclear, or simply not true (known as misbranding). This is quite the hot topic because a Google search for “Should I trust food labels” returns well over 20 million results, many of which are blog posts from online writers begging their readers not to trust food labels. HowStuffWorks, a division of Discovery Communications, published an online article whose author claims that “[the food industry] will put what they want on labels. They know the game….” While the food industry is partially at blame for misbranding, the FDA is allowing it to happen. If a mother tells her children that it is oka...
Vidal gives key facts on how this would work out, he says that it is freedom and that instead of banning the drug put a label on it with side effects so that the person knows what they are putting into their body before they do it. I believe in Vidal because despite that some drugs are extremely bad for your body, people should have control over what they want into their body. It is their own individual right to do what they want to themselves. I oppose Vidal though because giving someone this freedom can come crashing down very quick. A lot more addiction in drugs could be seen. Individual freedom is a difficult topic to even discuss. But if someone 's individual freedom affects your own in a negative way, should it
strict or they can take too long to approve a drug. But I think for the most part, the FDA is really
Imagine you have a child. This child loves to read books on their own. They read so much you finally tell them to get their books from the library. Then, one day, your child asks you what does this word mean, you are horrified to see that the child is pointing to a curse word. From that point on the child gets in trouble with teachers and other adults for saying that word. This is why book banning is necessary to keep children from finding themselves in that situation and others. Book banning is required because a child may be taught bad habits, lose the magical innocence of childhood, and because children may not be mature enough to decide what materials to read.
Censorship is the suppression of publishing information on the Internet or television (Naik). The government blocks only the content that is proved to be unfit for the public. Censorship is only used to a certain extent in the United States of America, but it is much more widespread in other parts of the world. Many people argue that the First Amendment to the constitution provides freedom of speech. Therefore, fining television stations for not censoring explicit materials could be a violation First Amendment rights (Ruschmann). Most people agree that the reason that the United States survives as a democracy is because of the freedoms provided by the First Amendment. With these freedoms revoked, the government could become too controlling (Ruschmann). Censorship also occurs when politicians commit crimes and feel threatened by the media. Political Censorship is unjust to the public because stories about the citizens can be posted on the Internet, and played on the news yet, the citizens have no control over this public display (Censorship).
There needs to be a policy to ban cigarettes, it kills the smoker, in addition, could kill the person exposed to the smoke from cigarettes. “The cigarette is also a defective product, meaning not just dangerous but unreasonably dangerous, killing half its long-term users” (Proctor), cigarettes are not healthy in any way making it a defective product, it mainly kills the smoker rather than helping them. It was produced to be inhalable smoke harming anyone who smokes them making it a defect because in the past the tobacco was too harsh to be inhaled. The policy would help cigarette smokers, especially since they don’t even like the habit of smoking cigarettes, knowing it harms them.
I think that the banning of any one thing does create an atmosphere in which other items can be banned more easily. People can argue that another text deserves to be banned because it is very similar to the first one. It may also validate the idea of banning books.
One of the largest and most problematic health issues in our society is smoking. Smoking is currently the leading cause of death in our country, due to its harmful and addicting contents, such as nicotine and tobacco. Although millions die from it each year, smoking is the single most preventable cause of death as well. Without smoking, a tremendous amount of money and lives will be saved. I think that our country should ban smoking and the production of cigarettes in order to maintain a healthier nation, help save the environment, and prevent the almost 1000 deaths that they cause in fires each year.
The Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, was originally introduced with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act, which was passed in response to public outrage at unhygienic conditions described by Upton Sinclair’s book “The Jungle”. The formation of this agency was advocated by at-the-time chief chemist of the Bureau of Chemistry of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Harvey Washington Wiley. The Bureau of Chemistry preceded the FDA, and eventually the position of chief chemist evolved into the commissioner of food and drugs. Today, the FDA ensures the safety of food, medical devices, cosmetics, and human and veterinary drugs.
Everyone knows what a ban is used for. Whether for good reasons or bad, bans are meant to stop a group of people or civilization from doing something that is not liked by another. Various bans throughout human existence has included bans on books, arts, even religions. But the ban I would like to discuss is a bit more recent, and would have affected a lot of people if it would have stayed. In 2012, the New York City mayor by the name of Michael Bloomberg put in place a ban on sodas over sixteen ounces, hoping to reduce the obesity in New York City. And although Bloomberg had a right end goal, his way of achieving it was not very efficient.
Censorship is the ability to withhold information, opinion, or expression by a government or authority and has been a big issue in the United States. Censoring was mainly used when involving moral threats, social structures, and religious institutions. Although in the twentieth century censorship became seen as a violation of human rights. Many people argue that censorship can never be justified unless in extreme cases of national security due to the first amendment, which states the freedoms of speech, expression, and the press. It is also true that the U.S constitution did not become fully applied to these issues until the twentieth century. Despite this, many others disagree and argue that censoring things is
The federal government has over time become strict on the regulation of food and food safety. With that being said, this is an improvement on how these agencies or departments are improving our everyday lives. The Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all take part within food regulation and food safety. Each of these departments and agencies of food regulation and food safety each take part in, Food Safety Modernization Act, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act, and Food advertising for Children.
However local governments both here in the US and abroad are either banning or “heavily restricted the sale of the products” stating they “are threatening
Although many people are in support of these two multibillion dollar industries, some people feel as though that alcohol and tobacco should get banned from society.