The Center for Science in the Public Interest Needs Slaves

Reuters: Salt Should Be Regulated Food Additive, Group Says

A consumer group sued the federal government Thursday, saying that salt is killing tens of thousands of Americans and that regulators have done too little to control salt in food.

Despite advisories to take it easy on sodium, Americans are now consuming about 4,000 milligrams a day -- nearly double the recommended limit to keep blood pressure under control, the Center for Science in the Public Interest said.

So the solution is to use force and coercion to get Americans to jump to your tune? Fucking health Nazi wankers.

So the CSPI renewed a lawsuit first filed in 1983 to ask federal courts to force the Food and Drug Administration to declare sodium a food additive instead of categorizing it as "generally recognized as safe." This would give the agency the authority to set limits for salt in foods.

"There is no way the FDA can look at the science and say with a straight face that salt is 'generally recognized as safe,"' CSPI executive director Michael Jacobson said in a statement.

"In fact, salt is generally recognized as unsafe, because it is a major cause of heart attacks and stroke. The federal government should require food manufacturers to gradually lower their sodium levels."

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Hey Jacobson - how about I take your shoes and beat you over the fucking head with them? Would that qualify as "generally recognized as unsafe"? Oh, is this not the same thing as the salt issue? I don't see why. In both instances, you have an individual choosing to use a product in a way that is bad for someone's health.

But, as it is painfully obvious, since you don't seem to give a shit about personal responsibility, there is no point in arguing this with you.

Unfortunately, this is also the case with Reuters. Out of the entire news article, not a single advocate of individual freedom, business interests, or contrary opinion is published.

The world is slowly going to shit and now "they" want to keep me from salting it down to at least make it palatable.

Radley Balko has been watching and commenting on CSPI's freedom-killing activities for some time.

Posted by Drizzten at February 24, 2005 03:17 PM