FDA weighs ban on plastic food packaging over cancer fears
The FDA may ban PVC packages such as vegetable oil bottles and meat wrappers due to a potential cancer link. A three tier plan targets water pipes, a withdrawal of PVC use in some packaging, and a likely 60 parts per million limit. Strong entities include FDA and PVC with figures on annual PVC use and prior liquor bottle ban.
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Cuba returns hijack cash amid push to ease embargo
Senate aide announced Cuba has returned nearly two million dollars paid to three hijackers from a 1972 Southern Airways incident. Sparkman urged lifting embargo restrictions on Cuba including food and medicine as Fidel Castro’s government forests a policy of improved relations. The FBI identified the hijackers as Henry Wacksom Jr., Louis Moore, and Melvin Cale, all facing charges.
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