That's right kids, it's uncle Cliff Claven to bring you the newest info from California. Seems that Cali is having a small problem with Perchlorate (a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel) ending up in their milk. From what I have deduced the Perchlorate has gotten into the Colorado River, which is the major source of drinking water and irrigation in Southern California and Arizona. It is then given to the cows and used to irrigate the crops used to feed the cows and is transferred to their milk. So, yet again, we have scientists telling us that something that used to be good for us is now bad for us. But, not really. A healthy adult can consume up to 100 parts per million of the explosive substance (I guess I forgot to mention it's the stuff that makes rocket fuel go boom) and no suffer any ill effects. The recent study by the University of California did not draw conclusions about perchlorate’s impact on pregnant women, children and infants, though. So I guess it's ok for everyone to drink milk except for pregnant women, children and infants, the people that need it the most (sorry little Timmy, you have to eat your Captain Crunch with a crushed calcium supplement and water because the milk is POISONED! Enjoy.)
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Why do we allow doctors to get away with this stuff?
I read today of yet another case of a "fertility doctor" making a mistake. That's right kids, another one. And this is just one in a series of "boo-boos" that these supposed "doctors" make. One happened in New Haven Connecticut and the other in (wait for it Mike) California. In New Haven a doctor used the wrong semen (oops, we may have used someone other than your fiancee to impregnate you, sorry) and then the "doc" actually have the gall and balls to suggest an abortion and prescribed her the "day after" pills to end the pregnancy. I think this lady deserves more than cash from this doctor, she deserves an apology then this guy needs to be tarred, feathered and ran out of town like an old fashioned snake-oil salesmen.
But wait, it gets better with the California case. Apparently this "doc" implanted the lady the wrong embryo and then hid it until she found out when her baby was 10 months old. Even though the doctor knew of the mix up minutes after the surgery was complete he said and did nothing out of fear that it would "possibly cause the patient to end the pregnancy." I have to cry BS on this one because the real reason (in my opinion) that he said nothing was out of fear of him getting sued into the dark ages. There are two really bad things that have developed from this case. The parents (providers of the sperm and embryo) are now trying to get full custody of the now 3 year old boy. This will surely devastate the woman that gave birth to and has been raising the boy for the last 3 years. The second bad development is that the doctor, Dr. Steven L. Katz, is being investigated by the Medical Board of California but continues to operate his fertility clinic. I must say that I am highly disappointed by the medical board and the people in the community in general for allowing this doctor to commit errors like this and still be able to operate in the state of California. What are we thinking when we allow doctors to continue to spit in our faces then we thank them for it like we asked for it in the first place. Well, this falls under my favorite saying, "Meteorologists and doctors are the only two professions that you can be wrong ever day and still have a job the next day."
But wait, it gets better with the California case. Apparently this "doc" implanted the lady the wrong embryo and then hid it until she found out when her baby was 10 months old. Even though the doctor knew of the mix up minutes after the surgery was complete he said and did nothing out of fear that it would "possibly cause the patient to end the pregnancy." I have to cry BS on this one because the real reason (in my opinion) that he said nothing was out of fear of him getting sued into the dark ages. There are two really bad things that have developed from this case. The parents (providers of the sperm and embryo) are now trying to get full custody of the now 3 year old boy. This will surely devastate the woman that gave birth to and has been raising the boy for the last 3 years. The second bad development is that the doctor, Dr. Steven L. Katz, is being investigated by the Medical Board of California but continues to operate his fertility clinic. I must say that I am highly disappointed by the medical board and the people in the community in general for allowing this doctor to commit errors like this and still be able to operate in the state of California. What are we thinking when we allow doctors to continue to spit in our faces then we thank them for it like we asked for it in the first place. Well, this falls under my favorite saying, "Meteorologists and doctors are the only two professions that you can be wrong ever day and still have a job the next day."
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