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Regulators in the European Union are trying to change the E.U.'s zero-tolerance policy. The region plans to adopt a common standard that would specify testing methods and establish thresholds for all food-related allergens. For instance, when it comes to gluten, the general consensus is that any concentration below 20 parts per million is too small to have a harmful effect, so new regulations would not require manufacturers to label foods that contain less than that cutoff...
...approach of Wellspring. Research indicates that therapy-based obesity treatment can be three times as effective as traditional diet-and-exercise models. But how many people can run off to rehab for six months? "The outcome is probably better [at Wellspring] than if the program were applied to the general public. The people who can go to that school are a small sliver of the population," says Kerri Boutelle, associate professor of pediatric psychiatry at University of California at San Diego. (See "The Year in Health 2009: From...
...Boston Herald crowed, “Her campaign tried to label Sen. Scott Brown a ‘lockstep’ Republican, but Attorney General Martha Coakley is now praising Brown’s decision to break with the GOP to support a Democratic-sponsored jobs bill...
...come to prominence through the corporate world. Named by a 2003 issue of Fortune Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women in American business, Fudge served as chairman and CEO of marketing giant Young & Rubicam Brands from 2003 to 2006 and has held presidencies at both General Mills and General Foods...
...Chileans are, in general, pragmatic and easygoing," Lewis said. "But crises and catastrophes expose and magnify problems...