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27 Feb

Environmental Health Expert Gives FDA an ‘F’ for Its Handling of Chemicals in Our Food. His Advice on How to Lower Your Exposure

Dr. Leo Trasande, an internationally recognized expert in children’s environmental health, talks to HealthDay about the dangers of PFAS in our food supply.

20 Dec

What’s a Healthy Food? The FDA Issues a New Definition for Food Labeling

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the Food and Drug Administration updates the rules for ‘healthy’ labeling on food products.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) top tobacco regulator, Brian King, has been placed on leave as part of a large wave of cuts across federal health agencies. 

King, who led the FDA's tobacco control efforts, told his staff Tuesday that he was removed with “a heavy heart and profound disappointment.”

“If you make it virtually impossible to cre...

A top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is stepping down, warning that vaccine misinformation is coloring the country’s top health decisions.

Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said he will resign and retire by April 5.

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Health officials are warning about a rise in injuries linked to the misuse of nitrous oxide, aka laughing gas.

The gas, which is used medically as a sedative and in whipped cream cans, is now being sold in small, flavored canisters with names such as Cosmic Gas, Galaxy Gas and MassGass.

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that inhaling nitrous oxi...

A major recall of canned tuna sold in dozens of states has been issued amid concerns that a packaging defect could cause “a potentially fatal form of food poisoning,” the manufacturer said in a