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    Jan 4, 2011 |Story| Health Portal

  1. Funding uncertain for US food safety overhaul

    Republican opponents of food safety legislation are already promising a fight over its funding, even before it becomes law.
     
    Republican opponents of food safety legislation are already promising a fight over its funding, even before it becomes law. President Barack Obama was scheduled to sign the bill on Tuesday. It allows the Food and Drug Administration to increase...

    Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Food Industry, Jack Kingston, U.S. House of Representatives, Laws

    2. Jun 21, 2011 |Story| Reuters
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    3. Nov 26, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Foes of GE salmon raise specter of 'Trojan gene' effect

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    The Food and Drug Administration's public comment period for labeling requirements for a genetically engineered salmon ended not so quietly, with a flurry of press releases leading up to Monday’s deadline. They included an announcement by a group of...
    4. Jun 11, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. Navigating the Food Label Jungle

    Tribune reporters
    It's a jungle out there in the grocery aisles, a thicket of products claiming healthy this and nutritious that. Never before have food packages displayed so many health claims in the U.S., according to a recent commentary in the Journal of the American...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Alcoholic Beverages, Food Industry, Immune System, General Mills Incorporated

    5. Nov 20, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Molars, incisors and canines -- oh, my!

    Booster Shots
    Concerned about the strength of teeth-whitening chemicals and by the growing number of non-dental venues through which they’re being sold, the American Dental Assn. today asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the compounds for safety...
    6. Jul 30, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Gulf oil spill: BP pulls up boom as fishing areas reopen

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    As large, visible oil slicks on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico disappear, BP is scaling back its clean-up, with fewer ships scouting for oil and fewer people scouring beaches for slicks. Crews are pulling up boom in areas......
    7. Jul 31, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Gulf oil spill: Fishermen decry a lost season

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    The reopening of a broad swath of Louisiana waters this week to fishing and shrimping won't salvage the livelihoods of many Gulf of Mexico fishermen this season after the devastating effects of the catastrophic BP oil spill. The lifting of......
    8. Jul 30, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Gulf oil spill: Louisiana fish and shrimp get thumbs-up

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    Is Louisiana seafood safe to eat? U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Friday heartily endorsed the decision of Louisiana fisheries officials to reopen wide swaths of state coastal waters to commercial fishing and shrimping....
    9. Jun 7, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. A Dirty Syringe, A Baby's Death, A Man Turned Fugitive, A Family Torn Apart

    Natalie Fullerton's parents were thrilled to watch their year-old daughter bounce back from a double-lung transplant. Within months, she was mimicking her sister's ballet poses and gleefully repeating the word "purple."
    ProPublica
    Natalie Fullerton's parents were thrilled to watch their year-old daughter bounce back from a double-lung transplant. Within months, she was mimicking her sister's ballet poses and gleefully repeating the word "purple." Her father, Leslie, carefully...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Punishment, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Companies and Corporations, Rush University Medical Center

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