FDA Finally Reviewing Controversial Ingredient In Soap After 40 Years Of Procrastination

FDA Finally Reviewing Controversial Ingredient In Soap After 40 Years Of Procrastination: In 1972, Congress passed a law requiring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration set guidelines for anti-bacterial chemicals commonly used in soap. In a tentative draft published in 1978, the FDA identified one such chemical, triclosan, as potentially dangerous. Yet 35 years later, the FDA still has not finalized those guidelines, and triclosan has become [...]/p

Lawmakers On Both Sides Of The Aisle Call On The FDA To Label Genetically Engineered Food

Lawmakers On Both Sides Of The Aisle Call On The FDA To Label Genetically Engineered Food: Health and environmental advocates have fought for years for a federal labeling program for genetically engineered food. Now, for the first time, their battle has bipartisan support in Congress. On Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-To-Know Act, a bill whose nine cosponsors in the Senate [...]/p

Breakthrough In Breast Cancer Treatment Could Increase Life Expectancy, Reduce Side Effects

Breakthrough In Breast Cancer Treatment Could Increase Life Expectancy, Reduce Side Effects: A breakthrough in cancer treatment could potentially have a big impact on the 1 in 8 women who are diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives. The New York Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug that, when used in conjunction with the popular breast [...]/p

The Meat Industry Consumes Four Times The Amount Of Antibiotics As Sick Americans Do

The Meat Industry Consumes Four Times The Amount Of Antibiotics As Sick Americans Do: The meat industry uses a considerable amount of antibiotics to fight bacteria on its livestock farms — so much so that it actually far outpaces the amount of antibiotics used to treat sick people in the country. According to FDA data compiled by Pew Charitable Trusts, the livestock industry is consuming almost four-fifths of the [...]/p

Report: Frequently Banned Chemicals Permitted in US Foods | Common Dreams

Report: Frequently Banned Chemicals Permitted in US Foods | Common Dreams
"Spawned by a petition calling on Gatorade to remove a flame retardent from their sports drink, the Chicago Tribune released an investigation into the chemical ingredients that the United States and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are permitting despite frequent bans elsewhere."

Fool Us Again: 30 Years of Bait and Switch Budget Politics | Common Dreams

Fool Us Again: 30 Years of Bait and Switch Budget Politics | Common Dreams
"Republicans are trying to accomplish through the back door that which they could never accomplish directly: gutting social security; Medicare; Medicaid; Pell grants; unemployment insurance; and regulatory programs covering the environment, labor, worker safety, food and drug safety, the financial sector and anything else which might get in the way of giant giveaways to oligarchs, plutocrats and fat cats."

New FDA Rules Proposed To Prevent Food Contamination

New FDA Rules Proposed To Prevent Food Contamination
"Progress! This is the kind of nuts-and-bolts stuff that makes a huge difference in our everyday lives."