1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8Fbch5S4NU"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-the-ema-urging-a-ban-of-hydroxyethyl-starch-solutions-in-europe/">Letter to the EMA Urging a Ban of Hydroxyethyl Starch Solutions in Europe</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-the-ema-urging-a-ban-of-hydroxyethyl-starch-solutions-in-europe/embed/#?secret=8Fbch5S4NU" width="600" height="338" title="“Letter to the EMA Urging a Ban of Hydroxyethyl Starch Solutions in Europe” — Public Citizen" data-secret="8Fbch5S4NU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Public Citizen and two leading medical experts sent a letter to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), urging the agency to ban hydroxethyl starch (HES) solutions from the European market because the solutions cause kidney failure, bleeding, and death and there are safer alternatives available. Public Citizen and the two experts also sent the agency a copy of a petition submitted on the same day to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that asked the FDA to remove HES solutions from the U.S. market.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628