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The FDA has issued warnings to 12 binder companies :(
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Anonymous 1w

Not me thinking y’all are talking about school binders…. Finals got me stressed OUT

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Anonymous 1w

Does the FDA have some sort of jurisdiction over clothes???

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Anonymous 1w

What?!?

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Anonymous 1w

Why tf would they send a warning to tomboyx 💀 that shit isn’t even a binder

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Anonymous 1w

The FDA is so fucking useless, American food is terrible, drugs too, the FDA created an obesity epidemic and takes money to lesser punishment on recalls for medicine and food businesses, but please…fuck with trans people. Maybe DO YOUR JOB…

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Like are they trying to restrict binder companies for offering gender affirming care?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

Oh so apparently it’s because Binders a “Class 1 medical device” that they have jurisdiction over, and specifically because these companies are marketing themselves as gender-affirming care for minors. Other binder companies not marketing themselves as such do not have warnings issued, but it feels a little disingenuous?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

Our country is an authoritarian state now and is only going to get worse, of course it’s disingenuous

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

They’re medical devices and marketed as such

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 1w

But also some Binder companies are questionable so it kinda makes sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 1w

They were going after the reputable ones. Like forthem, flavnt, shapeshifters.... They didn't do Spectrum Outfitters or Underworks though, and apparently Underworks already has FDA approval as it was originally marketed to treat gynecomastia (idk how to spell it oops) in cis men

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

? It's not bc they're marketed to minors mostly. If you read the quotes they put on their warning letter, pretty much all of them are "hey this binder can help relieve gender dysphoria." Nothing (or at least not much) about minors. They're saying that gender dysphoria is a medical condition and thus the companies must be approved by the FDA

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