FDA Employees Think Shutdown Could Be Deadly

(CNN) — With about 41% of the US Food and Drug Administration off the job due to the government shutdown, some agency employees worry about the safety and health of the American public.
Agency operations “continue to the extent permitted by law,” according to the FDA website, meaning “activities necessary to address imminent threats to the safety of human life and activities [are] funded by carryover user fee funds.”
User fees fluctuate, according to the FDA, meanin