Author: Laura Figueroa / Source: Newsday Sen. Chuck Schumer, accompanied by Congressional Democrats, speaks in Berryville, Va., Monday, July 24, 2017. Photo Credit: AP / Cliff Owen Fast-food wrappers, cups and cartons made with phthalates — a chemical banned in other...
Author: Erin Durkin / Source: NY Daily News Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked the Food and Drug Administration to probe the use of phthalates, which are present in burger wrappers, soda cups and fry cartons at popular fast food chains. Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling for...
Author: Carla K. Johnson / Source: Houston Chronicle For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren’t so addictive. U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the...
Author: SHEILA KAPLAN / Source: New York Times Smokers in a vape shop in Philadelphia. Electronic cigarette makers on Friday hailed a decision by the Food and Drug Administration to delay regulations that could have removed many of their products from the market next...
Author: Bill Chappell / Source: NPR.org The FDA says it’s considering lowering the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, in an attempt to lower the rates of dangerous addiction. Nicotine will now be at the center of the Food and Drug Administration’s...