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FDA Turns Down Petitions to Withdraw Medically Important Antibiotics from Animal Agriculture

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
November 9, 2011
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Institute of Medicine Proposes Consumer-Friendly, Front-of-Package Nutrition Labeling

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
October 20, 2011
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McDonald's Move on Happy Meals an Important Step in the Right Direction

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
July 26, 2011
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New Campbell Soup CEO to Give Consumers Less Choice on Salt

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
July 13, 2011
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Strong FDA Action on Food Dyes Urged

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
March 30, 2011
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Strike Two for Front-of-Package Food Labeling

Statement of CSPI Executive Director Michael F. Jacobson
January 24, 2011

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Nutrition Tips

See the news that calcium supplements are bad for your heart?

“Calcium supplements could increase risk of heart disease, new study finds,” said aWashington Post headline in October. “Calcium supplements could give you a heart attack,” wrote the New York Daily News.

Don’t panic. Relax. It’s not true

The Post and the Daily News and other media outlets evidently read the press release about this confusing new study and not the study itself. Nor did they put the new research into perspective.

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