Tag: cancer
-
Proposed Class Action Targets Glyphosate in Quaker Oats as Potential Carcinogen
A consumer has filed a putative class action against The Quaker Oats Co. alleging the company falsely advertises its oatmeal products as “100% natural” because it contains the herbicide glyphosate. Cooper v. Quaker Oats Co., No. 16-2364 (N.D. Cal., San Francisco Div., filed April 29, 2016). The plaintiff argues the cancer-research arm of the World…
-
Consumer Organizations Sue to Compel FDA Action on Perchlorate
Several consumer organizations, including the Center for Food Safety, Environmental Working Group and Natural Resources Defense Council, have filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking a writ compelling the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address the groups’ administrative petition filed in…
-
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Inorganic Arsenic in Rice Cereals for Infants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance proposing an action level of 100 µg/kg for inorganic arsenic in rice cereals for infants. The agency has also released supporting documentation for its proposal as well as a risk assessment that includes (i) “a quantitative estimate of lung and bladder cancer risk from…
-
OEHHA Takes Emergency Measure on Prop. 65 Warnings for BPA Exposure
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed an emergency action to temporarily allow the use of standard point-ofsale warning messages for bisphenol A (BPA) exposures from canned and bottled foods and beverages. Under Proposition 65 (Prop. 65) regulations, consumer products that contain any chemical known to the state…
-
High Glycemic Index Allegedly Linked to Increased Lung Cancer Risk
A new study has allegedly linked a high dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load—“markers of carbohydrate intake”—to an increased risk of lung cancer in non-smokers. Stephanie C. Melkonian, et al., “Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Lung Cancer Risk in Non-Hispanic Whites,” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, March 2016. Comparing data from newly diagnosed lung cancer…
-
UK Chief Medical Officers Publish Strict New Guidelines for Alcohol Consumption
The U.K. Chief Medical Officers have advised consumers to drink less than 6 pints of beer per week under new guidelines for alcoholic beverage intake. Revising previous standards that set weekly limits at 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women, the updated recommendations urge all consumers to imbibe fewer than 14…
-
Mammary Gland Tumors Allegedly Linked to Sucrose Consumption
An animal study examining the purported link between high sucrose intake and the development of mammary gland tumors has attributed the effect in part “to increased expression of 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) and its arachidonate metabolite 12-hydroxy-5Z,8Z,10E,14Z-eicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE).” Yan Jiang, et al., “A Sucrose-Enriched Diet Promotes Tumorigenesis in Mammary Gland in Part through the 12-Lipoxygenase Pathway,”…
-
Alleged Links Between Cancer and Diet Target of Upcoming Harvard Webcast
“Cancer and Diet: The Latest on Processed Meats, Fats and More” is the title of a January 15, 2016, live forum hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Webcast faculty, including Harvard Professors Walter Willett and Frank Hu, will discuss the World Health Organization’s classification of processed meat as a “Group 1”…