FDA Releases Plan for Reducing Infant Exposure to Heavy Metals
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released “Closer to Zero,” its action plan for reducing infants’ exposure to heavy metals following a
Congressional report on toxic elements in baby foods. “Although the FDA’s testing shows that children are not at an immediate health risk from exposure to toxic elements at the levels found in foods, we are starting the plan’s work immediately, with both short- and long-term goals for achieving continued improvements in reducing levels of toxic elements in these foods over time,” the agency
found. what we found was the opposite. that the majority of the oil is still there. and that was the critical, one of the critical breaking points. when we look, for example, at seafood safety in the gulf, the federal drug administration decided that gulf seafood is safe. the reality is that that study was based on a 176-pound man who eats the average diet of an american across the united states. in the gulf coast well, for one thing around the whole world, the whole country, we have women and we have children who$p+e different weights, generally than men, which means their exposure to the chemicals in the seafood affects them more harmfully. women who are pregnant, coulding prell nanlt, pass on the toxins to their children, but in the gulf coast in particular, they eat a lot more seafood. if you ve of been to louisiana you know this. right. and there also are su siftens
going to weigh in on this one. big time. thanks, carol. france and italy plan to send military officers to libya to advise the rebels. nic robertson just got back from tripoli. an amazing first person account for all of those stories. seafood safety, david mattingingly advises us on all things related to the gulf. informercials urge you to buy gold. is it a good idea? and also a woman who was assaulted after getting a dadat suing the company and now this. when you board and the doors are closed, they tell you to switch off your cd players, dvds, game players, things like that. i sometimes wonder if it matters. we re wondering the same thing. why do you have to power down your cell and lap top on flights. ugh, gravity.
players. they call the food safety oversight in the u.s. inconsistent, ineffective and inefficient. 15 over seafood safety, has well as 12 other agencies, number that house republicans now seem determined to reduce. former colleague concurs. you have a lot of cooks in the kitchen. you can illustrate confusion with an egg. f.d.a. is responsible for shell eggs but once it s broken it s egg product. food safety and inspection service takes control. if that yolk were to become a baby chick, the animal and plant inspection service watches over its health. but the grain inspection, stockyard administration oversees the feed it eats. a bottle of wine comes under alcohol and trade bureau. grapes under department of homeland security. fish under the national marine fishery service, unless it s
scorecard to keep track of players. they call the food safety oversight in the u.s. inconsistent, ineffective and inefficient. 15 over seafood safety, has well as 12 other agencies, number that house republicans now seem determined to reduce. former colleague concurs. you have a lot of cooks in the kitchen. you can illustrate confusion with an egg. f.d.a. is responsible for shell eggs but once it s broken it s egg product. food safety and inspection service takes control. if that yolk were to become a baby chick, the animal and plant inspection service watches over its health. but the grain inspection, stockyard administration oversees the feed it eats. a bottle of wine comes under alcohol and trade bureau. grapes under department of homeland security. fish under the national marine fishery service, unless it s