U S to check cured meats for cancer agents
UPI reports the U S government will review nitrates and nitrites used in bacon ham and cured poultry after renewed calls to ban any containing cancer causing agents The FDA and Agriculture Department will study nitrosamines in meat products and may apply the Delaney amendment to cured poultry while extending scrutiny to red meats through a four year expert panel led by USDA officials
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UPI
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Carol Foreman
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Scientist links Western diet to colon cancer risk
Dr William R Bruce of the Ontario Cancer Institute reported at the American Chemical Society meeting that Western style meals raise cancer mutagens in feces and may heighten colon cancer risk. He urged high fiber, low fat diets with vitamin C to reduce mutagen potency and potentially lower cancer rates.
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William R. Bruce
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Bruce
Administration says no imminent change to Social Security age
Washington reports show Commerce Secretary Kreps denying any formal proposal to raise the full retirement age from 65. The White House clarifies her comments referred to a distant, postwar baby cohort considering retirement in the next century, not immediate policy.
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UPI
Carter
Commerce
Juanita Kreps
Mes. Kreps
Pon tiac man faces 11 more sex charges over young victims
Oakland County prosecutors say Wayne Heacock 34 ran an ongoing class for children to learn sexual acts. He faces 11 new counts including first and third degree criminal sexual conduct involving two boys and a teen girl and pre teen boy between March and July. Police found tapes photographs and diaries detailing encounters with about 200 alleged victims.
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L. Brooks Patterson
Wayne Thomas Heacock
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