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Category: FDA

FDA Re-evaluating Triclosan

Posted on: Apr 12, 2010

Filed Under Chemicals, Healthy Home, Product Safety | 1 Comment

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Last Thursday the FDA updated their website regarding Triclosan and whether it should be a safety concern. Since Triclosan was last evaluated by the FDA it had “no harmful effects” on humans and they deemed it safe. However, new research has popped up that suggests that Triclosan can alter hormone regulation as well as make [...]

FDA Warns Against Salmonella Outbreak in Peanut Butter Products

Posted on: Jan 18, 2009

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(Updated 1-20-09) Just a heads up to our fellow SafeParents regarding the recent slew of recalls and announcements regarding a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak in the U.S. Some of you may have heard it already but this was relatively new news to me so I thought I’d share just in case. Sample results from a plant [...]

Getting The Lead Out (of vitamins this time)

Posted on: Jan 13, 2009

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By now you’ve probably seen around your favorite green blogs, that the FDA had gotten wind of lead in various vitamins and supplements. They tested 324 different brands for levels of lead as well as levels of exposure to lead. What is this report trying to say? That the levels of lead in vitamins are [...]

FDA to continue to study BPA

Posted on: Dec 17, 2008

Filed Under Articles, Bisphenol-A | Comments Off

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After a year of nothing but controversy for the FDA regarding it’s (in)decision about BPA, they’ve stated that while they won’t change their decision about its safety, they will continue to “study” the chemical over the next several years: The FDA has maintained that BPA is safe, relying largely on two studies that were funded [...]

FDA Updates Melamine Investigation

Posted on: Nov 29, 2008

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The news swirling around Melamine in US Baby Formula has ceraintly caused an uproar. Is there? Isn’t there? Some say yes, some claim no. Either way the FDA has updated their statement on safe levels of melamine content. From their website: November 28, 2008: FDA’s ongoing investigation continues to show that the domestic supply of [...]

US Formula Makers Say Products are Melamine Free

Posted on: Nov 27, 2008

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Well this is weird… first the FDA says they found trace amounts of melamine in their tests of 77 US formula samples including those from Mead Johnson, the makers of Enfamil. But now they say “The FDA has confirmed with Mead Johnson that melamine was not found in any of our products they tested”. Hmm. [...]

Melamine Found in US Baby Formula

Posted on: Nov 26, 2008

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Oh boy. Well, I’ve have had my head firmly up my butt this week with Thanksgiving around the corner but apparently there is good reason to pull it out. News reports swirled yesterday and today regarding Melamine detection in US made baby formula. Since the news that melamine was found in baby formula in China, [...]

FDA Ignored Evidence of Harm Regarding BPA Ruling

Posted on: Oct 29, 2008

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From the Washington Post today: In a highly critical report to be released today, the panel of scientists from government and academia said the FDA did not take into consideration scores of studies that have linked bisphenol A (BPA) to prostate cancer, diabetes and other health problems in animals when it completed a draft risk [...]

FDA Investigating Donation to Scientist Heading BPA Advisory Panel

Posted on: Oct 16, 2008

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I’ve come down with another miserable cold so I am really behind on a couple things I meant to post this week. This might not be new news for some because I’ve seen it around but I thought it was worthy of mentioning here too. And then I’m going back to the couch to wallow [...]

FDA Continues to Back BPA Safety

Posted on: Sep 16, 2008

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This is getting old. The FDA met today to revisit the safety status of Bisphenol-a in consumer products. I am not shocked that they still back it’s safety, although they do admit that more research is needed. So the FDA says keep on exposing yourself to it and hopefully your kids don’t develop fertility or [...]