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CSPI Gone Wild!
Posted by Willmoore on Dec 1st, 2007
2007
Dec 1
Following up on their past successes, your concerned friends at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which might more accurately be named America’s Greatest Public-Health Menace, are yet again pushing for government regulations on your diet. (HT Volokhs.) This time they’re trying to bully the FDA into “regulating salt as a food additive.” Salt!
For some sober commentary on the real health consequences of salt, see this 1998 Science mag article by the inestimable Gary Taubes. Then, enjoy a generous plate of bacon, green olives, ham and potato chips… while you still can!
