Tag: arsenic
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NTP Workshop to Explore Role of Environmental Chemicals in Diabetes, Obesity
The Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicology Program (NTP) has announced a January 11-13, 2011, workshop in Raleigh, North Carolina, to address how environmental chemicals may be contributing to the “epidemics of diabetes and obesity.” Workshop participants will (i) “evaluate strengths/weaknesses, consistency, and biological plausibility of findings reported in humans and experimental animals for…
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EPA Science Advisors Issue Revised Report on Arsenic Assessment
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Science Advisory Board has scheduled a public teleconference on November 22, 2010, to conduct a quality review of a draft board report that analyzes EPA’s February 2010 toxicological review of inorganic arsenic. The board forwarded its review comments to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on October 25. Among other matters, the draft…
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Congressman Asks FDA to Investigate Toxins in Gulf of Mexico Seafood
U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to respond to reports that the April 20, 2010, oil spill has contaminated the marine food chain in the Gulf of Mexico with toxins such as arsenic. In a July 13 letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Markey expressed concern “that…
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Consumer Reports Claims Some Protein Drinks Laden with Lead
Consumers Union (CU) has issued the results of its investigation into protein drinks, concluding that many products are at best superfluous and at worst unsafe. Published in the July 2010 edition of Consumer Reports, the findings allegedly support the watchdog’s position that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education…
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GAO Testimony Takes Aim at Herbal Dietary Supplements’ Marketing Practices, Contaminants
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has delivered testimony before the U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging that highlights examples of deceptive or questionable marketing practices involving certain dietary supplements. GAO also reported that some herbal dietary supplements contained contaminants, including trace amounts of lead. According to GAO Managing Director of Forensic Audits and Special Investigations…
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Antimony Allegedly Detected in EU Commercial Fruit Juices
According to researchers from Denmark and Greece, some juice drinks obtained from markets in the European Union (EU) contain levels of antimony, a suspected carcinogen related to arsenic, above EU drinking water limits. Claus Hansen, et al., “Elevated antimony concentrations in commercial juices,” Journal of Environmental Monitoring, February 17, 2010. According to the article, “Antimony concentrations…