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Ban on the Sale of Crib Bumper Pads Adopted by Maryland

November 16, 2012. Maryland is the first state to ban the sale of crib bumper pads.

Death by Medicine

Huffington Post, November 2012. NRC President Dr. Diana Zuckerman calls for closing loopholes in FDA rules in this guest post on the Huffington Post.

Allergan Drops Bid for FDA Approval to Promote Lap-Band for Teens

LA Times, October 3, 2012. The maker of the Lap-Band weight-loss device, Allergan Inc., has dropped its controversial bid for federal approval to market the product for overweight teens. Doctors already can perform Lap-Band surgery on minors with parental consent. The FDA approval would have allowed Allergan to market Lap-Band specifically for younger people.

F.D.A. Bans BPA From Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups

The New York Times, July 17, 2012. The FDA bans bisphenol A in baby bottles and children’s drinking cups.

What the Health Care Decision Means to Us

Huffington Post, July 3, 2012. The term “Obamacare” began as an insult, but now it’s the name almost everyone uses to describe the healthcare reform law. Earlier this year, some of Mitt Romney’s critics called it RomneyCare, because it was, after all, a descendent of the healthcare program that Mitt Romney developed for Massachusetts. (An excellent program that Romney now says he opposes.)