Category: Issue 435
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Illinois Lawmaker Calls on FDA to Address Caffeine Levels in Energy Drinks
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “take regulatory action to address the rising health concerns around energy drinks” in an April 3, 2012, letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg. Durbin’s action follows the December 2011 death of a 14-year-old girl that the lawmaker attributed to “caffeine toxicity…