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Re:The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data? by noobermin on Sunday November 03, 2019 @04:47PM (#21436881)
The FDA was formed just years after the Jim the horse incident[0]. The issues from poor data practices has existed for a decade or more. It has more to do with the poor functioning of the political system these days.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_%28horse%29

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Re:The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data? by hshsshhshs on Sunday November 03, 2019 @06:48PM (#21437623)
Just after the Jim horse incident. Which was at a time when food and medicine adulteration was already old as the hills.
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