Salvaged foods flagged unfit for humans by GAO report
GAO findings show salvage food outlets handling damaged cans and contaminated items with minimal regulation. Inspections found insect infested or damaged containers in outlets and institutions, including olives from a fire damaged batch sold after repainting. FDA and state laws vary, prompting calls for stricter oversight.
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Standards for solar field urged
Presidential adviser Virginia Knauer urged the solar-energy industry to adopt safety and effectiveness standards and a certification process. She warned the next two to three years are crucial for growth and cautioned that public guidance on product limits and conservation measures is needed to prevent a collapse of the early industry.
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FDA Abandons Vitamin Fight and Regulates as Food
The FDA ended its 24 year push to classify high potency vitamins as drugs. New rules classify super vitamins as food while high potency vitamins A and D stay prescription drugs. The agency will not limit supplement potency to 150 percent of the daily allowance. It may study new vitamin mineral combos and consider applications for different mixtures. Congress weighs compromise bills to block bans on such combinations.
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Abortion Safety Up Despite Court Rulings, NAS Says
A National Academy of Sciences study finds abortion safer for women than continuing pregnancy, with low maternal death risk in the first three months and no clear rise in mental illness. The panel endorses Supreme Court timing and notes limited long term data while citing international studies on later-term outcomes.
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Polonium in cigarette smoke may spark lung cancer study
Three Harvard researchers report that low doses of alpha radiation from polonium-210 induce lung cancer in hamsters, with implications that polonium in tobacco smoke could contribute to human cancer. They note potential filter removal and call for further study, while stressing animal model limits.
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Hechler criticizes inaction on abolishing federal mine safety board
Rep. Ken Hechler says apathy from the White House and Congress blocks efforts to abolish the Federal Metal and Non-Metallic Mine Safety Board of Review which has heard no appeals in its four-year tenure.
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