March 9, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Years ago, when "GAO" stood for "General Accounting Office," that arm of Congress focused its reviews on how well government agencies were spending taxpayers' resources. A new GAO report suggests FDA should expend more resources on substances earlier determined to...
March 3, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
It remains hard to believe, when the daily newspapers are screaming for action to curtail population sodium intakes, that until this month, only one controlled trial has ever examined the actual health outcomes of salt reduction. Sure, we've seen computer...
February 24, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
With federal spending skyrocketing out of control with its pent-up inflationary impact and national economic indicators garnering above-the-fold front page coverage almost daily, Americans' economic anxieties are on the rise and the nation's economic health in grave jeopardy. Only reawakening...
February 22, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Today's NY Times (free subscription) carries an opinion column by science editor John Tierney, "Salt Wars." It recounts the exchanges between medical experts over the advisability of asking the general population to reduce dietary salt and hits both of the...
February 9, 2010
Written by: Dick Hanneman
The former president of Canada's largest science based regulatory agency, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, cautioned the public recently: "Don't be fooled. Science is always politicized." Ronald Doering argues in the National Post that we should not expect scientists to put...
