“When a bridge collapses in an American city or a mine implodes, it does not take long before government gets in motion to figure out what to do about the problem. We see the carnage and demand action. When a federal agency charged with protecting your health and safety is found grossly deficient, the response, sadly, is mainly talk…. [W]hen it comes to the Food and Drug Administration, we had better demand repairs. A new report from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services paints a very grim picture as to how well the FDA protects Americans who are subjects in human experimentation. The FDA is called on the carpet for not knowing how many experiments are actually being done in the United States, … for inadequate audits of research sites and a failure to ensure compliance with its orders.” (09/28/07)