Monday, January 26, 2009

A dangerous monopoly - Las Vegas Sun

A dangerous monopoly - Las Vegas Sun: "It is estimated one of every two Americans takes a prescription drug every day. This means half the country’s population is dependent on Asian workers for their medications.

This is because the manufacture of active ingredients for everything from allergy pills to antibiotics, once a thriving industry in the United States, has been almost totally outsourced to Asia — mostly to China — for the usual reasons."