Harm Reduction

This statement is equivalent to being told not to wear your seat belt (which has saved 374,276 lives since 1975) because of the minuscule risk of a seat-belt related injury while driving.

My recent experience writing about the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) allegedly toxic fish fillet and the Consumer Protection Safety Commissions' desire to ban gas stoves made me wonder about just this.

   

Caffeine, cinnamon, or licorice are all foods or substances considered GRAS. Helium, hydrogen peroxide, or propane - all are considered GRAS substances when directly added to food.  

This is not the first time US Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Trumka offered this approach.

"(Fossil fuels) are the root cause of air pollution and climate change." New England Journal of Medicine [1] Global Trends

Two days before Christmas, I found myself part of a story of the sort that used to be presented on the Hallmark Hall of Fame – sentimental, saccharine, touching, and perfect for the holidays.

   

“We compare rates of firearm-related homicides and non-fatal shooting injuries among military-age males (i.e., young adults aged 18 to 29 years) in selected parts of 4 major US cities with rates of death and injury faced

That quote was from the coordinator of the WHO’s food safety division, who, as it turns out, was perhaps a bit hyperbolic in his concerns. But those concerns echoed globally.