6 Amazing Technologies That Are Illegal in the US

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Adinnieken said:

mrstickball said:

Shameless plug: My brother wrote the article. But its quite good, I think.

http://spaceopedia.com/2012/11/6-amazing-technologies-that-are-illegal-in-the-us/

Sometimes, we believe the government's regulations are there to save us, but actually hurt everyone in the process. EPA regulations on cars are one of the examples. Europe has vehicles that get >70MPG, but are banned in the US for not meeting environmental standards. Lots of other things out there, too.

That's a slightly skewed article.  If you read the Diamond Nuts suit for example, it doesn't say Diamond can't say their walnuts are healthy for you, they say they can't use specific claims which haven't been proven or for which walnuts haven't been tested.  I don't have a problem with that.

I don't want a company claiming their product can cure cancer when it doesn't.

Did you read the FDA letter? Its not just those statements. They also tried to say that the walnuts would have to be classified as a drug. Pretty crazy if you ask me and makes me wonder about the sanity of a government agency that would think wal nuts are a drug.