Diet Soft Drink Industry Challenges Saccharin Ban
The diet soft drink industry challenges FDA studies cited for saccharin ban. Industry consultant Oser calls rat tests inconclusive while groups like EDF and Ralph Nader’s Health Research Group dispute the evidence. FDA hearings continue with witnesses noting potential dietary and dental impacts.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Bernard L. Oser
Calorie Control Council
FDA
Donald Kennedy
Oser
Environmental Defense Fund
The
Federation of Homemakers of America
Ralph Nader
Health Research Group
Mass Transit Advocate Sees Carter Plan As Start
Norfolk AP mass transit advocate B R Stokes of the American Public Mass Transit Association calls Carter's plan to divert part of the 5 cent gasoline tax to mass projects a start though he says it is too little too late. He warns conservation will require major lifestyle changes and expresses concern over oil supply if Arabs cut off supplies.
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Norfolk
Carter
B. R. Stokes
American Public Mass Transit Association
Stokes
Association
Harvard Experts Warn Birth Control Pill Carries Heart Risk
Harvard researchers Dr. Brian MacMahon and Dr. Charles Hennekens warn in the New England Journal of Medicine that birth control pills greatly raise heart attack risk, advising women over 40 and those who smoke or have high blood pressure to avoid them.
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Boston
Harvard
Brian MacMahon
Charles Hennekens
New England Journal of Medicine
Food and Drug Administration
Population Council
Hennekens
Shenandoah Valley Radio Club Meets Friday Evening
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club hosts a meeting at the club house on Nate Street at 8 p.m. An Alcoholics Anonymous gathering is scheduled at 8:15 p.m. at the Episcopal Church in Uray for Friday evening.
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Virginia
Area
Hoppers Auto Club
Old Bethel Road
Tops Club
First United Methodist Church
Duplicate Bridge
Elks Club
Valley Council
KDC
S. Cameron St
Ender’s Fire Co
Alcoholics Anonymous
Crim Drive
Strasburg
Shenandoah Valley
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Sidney M. Wolfe
Nader Organization
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Sebastian G. Ciancio
American Dental Association
Council On Dental Therapeutics
Ciancio
Lindbergh
J.O. Dockery
Stuttgart
Charles A
Associated Press
Lindbergh. Dockery
Satan
Snow White Grill
North Loudoun Street Mall
Casa DE Tacos
House OF Tacos
Valley Ave
Winchester
Echo
Ferdinand
Rt. 11
Daner House Inn
CIAGA
Middletown
Danner
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Round Hill
Foltz
Raritan
Pao
Genoa
Round Hill Community Center
Round Hill Ruritan Club
Jermers and Merchants Nationsl Bank
J-Burger
Joe Smith
Winchester Drive-In
King’s Table Restaurant
Zayre & Dart Drug
Delco Plaza Mall
Camelot Theatres
Route 50
T-Bone
U.5.c.a
Habby’s Rind
Sam
Ceribl