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Three Harvard professors wrote to Congress earlier this month expressing their disappointment over a recent White House report on stem cell science that, they claim, has misrepresented their studies on alternatives for research using human embryonic cells. Published by the United States Domestic Policy Council (DPC) on Jan. 9, the report on “Advancing Stem Cell Science Without Destroying Human Life” asserted that the results of the scientists’ research emphasized the possibility of “creating cell lines for the study and treatment of disease without the many ethical dilemmas associated with...
...Cambridge City Council has already voted to encourage restaurants to voluntarily decrease the use of trans fat in their cooking, but when New York City officials tried a similar scheme they found it futile. Only the threat of legal action can persuade restaurants to eliminate trans fats from their menus...
...claim that even if trans fats were excluded, some other dangerous substance would eventually replace them. But there is no reason to accept one harmful substance today out of fear that another may lurk around the corner. If another poison quietly enters our diet in the future, the Council can assess that situation when the time comes...
It’s possible that the Council fears stressing its relationship with the restaurant industry, but the city should be primarily concerned with resident health, not with political relationships. Any costs that must be swallowed by the restaurant industry or passed along to consumers will be worth the increased benefit to resident health and the long-term decrease in health care costs. Since many restaurants already restrict trans fat use and others are considering limits, the cost of changing should not be vast and, in some cases, can even be neutral. Restaurants just need a focused deadline and direction...
...firm were dumping poisonous wastes into the city water supply to cut costs, the Council would take action. Now, when restaurants are hiding poison in our food to cut costs, the Council should do the same. Let’s make it sooner rather than later...