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San Francisco is Set to Ban Juul and Other E-cigarette Sales in 2020

The City of San Francisco just banned the sale or distribution of e-cigarettes in the city unless they have FDA approval.  The ban, which also affects some flavored tobacco products, adds to restrictions that the city put in place on flavored e-cigarettes last year - already considered to be the strictest in the country.  Cigarettes remain legal.   Once it goes into effect in early 2020, the new San Francisco […]

todayJuly 15, 2019

Health & Wellness

Health Alert: Possible Hepatitis A Contaminated Frozen Berries Recalled from Costco and Kroger

Townsend Farms, Inc. recently announced a recall of frozen blackberries that may be linked to a Hepatitis A contamination. The frozen berry mixes were sold nationwide at retailers including Costco and Kroger. According to the FDA and CDC, there have been no reported illnesses due to this recall. The Kroger recall came first and includes their Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley and Private Selection Frozen Blackberries. These products were […]

todayJune 17, 2019

Health & Wellness

Take Your Vitamins

If you get less than enough iron, you become anemic; too little vitamin C, and you get scurvy. Vitamins and minerals are critical for good health, but the message for clients, says Kim Kirchherr, MS, RDN, a nutrition consultant in Chicago who has worked extensively in supermarket nutrition, is “bigger isn’t always better. This is true for things that are good for us, too.” We can’t easily get rid of […]

todayMay 20, 2019

Health & Wellness

Are Sunscreen Chemicals Safe?

The chemicals in sunscreen don't just sit on top of the skin, they absorb in the bloodstream, according to new research from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A study published early in May in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA found that several active ingredients in different sunscreens enter the bloodstream at levels that far exceed the FDA's recommended threshold without a government safety inspection.   “However, sunscreens have not […]

todayMay 16, 2019

Health & Wellness

Vape Now, Smoke Later

A new study published in the JAMA Network Open Journal, has found that teens who start vaping are nearly three times more likely to go on to smoke cigarettes than their peers who don’t use any type of tobacco product. The results are alarming for both medical experts — who would rather kids not smoke — and for the e-cigarette industry, which is increasingly marketing its products as smoking-cessation tools […]

todayFebruary 5, 2019

Health & Wellness

FDA Warns: Wash Your Avocado!

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stunned guac lovers everywhere by urging the public to thoroughly wash the peel on their avocado, even though no one's going to eat it. This month, the federal agency announced that investigators’ sampling found Listeria monocytogenes on the peels of about one in every five avocados. Over the course of a two-year study, researchers found that almost 18% of all avocados tested, both […]

todayDecember 28, 2018

Food & Drink

Irrigation Water is the Source for Romaine E. coli Outbreak

Dirty irrigation water is a prime suspect in the outbreak of the recent bout of illness caused by eating romaine lettuce. Hopefully you’ve been warned by now that romaine lettuce harvested from northern and central California have recently been the focus of food safety concerns, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advising US consumers not to consume romaine lettuce harvested in these areas. The US Food and […]

todayDecember 10, 2018

Food & Drink

FDA Update on Romaine Lettuce E. Coli Outbreak

Scott Gottlieb, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, says romaine lettuce with E. coli concerns appears to be from growers in California. Gottlieb stated the growing and harvesting patterns are what led investigators to California. "The goal now is to withdraw the product that’s at risk of being contaminated from the market, and then re-stock the market," he said on Twitter. But Gottlieb said California isn't the only state […]

todayNovember 26, 2018

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