Seller Beware!

If a consumer loves your product and blogs about its wonders, be warned that a Federal Trade Commission ruling regarding endorsements may make you liable for false and misleading claims.

FDA Tiptoes Around BPA

The FDA’s failure to protect newborns and the unborn from BPA recalls the old joke “How many deaths does it take for the FDA to remove a drug from the market?” The answer (not all funny): all too many.

Statin Drugs and Vitamin D Deficiency

The September 2009 newsletter of the Vitamin D Council weighs the scientific evidence pointing to a connection between the use of statin drugs (prescribed to lower cholesterol) and vitamin D deficiency. Are the drugs most often prescribed in the United States linked to vitamin D deficiency, known to affect up to 77 percent of all Americans?

Warning! Heavy metals!

Lead is associated with high blood pressure and mercury with cardiovascular disease. Cadmium, which often is present in astounding amounts in children’s jewelry, is now linked to learning disabilities.