Topic: Michael Jacobson

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are recommending longer, more sensitive testing on lab animals to determine whether industrial chemicals cause cancer.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida leaders are adopting a more defensive tone in their public pronouncements, indicating they may be concerned that criticism from former allies and the increasing civilian death toll from their attacks are undermining their support, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A growing number of U.S. shoppers are opting to buy foods containing pure sugar instead of corn syrup, statistics indicate.

WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- Experts say the U.S.-led effort to cut off funding to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups is failing both at home and abroad.

The European Union has long resisted calls to add Hezbollah to its terrorist list, a move that could financially cripple the Lebanon-based political and militia organization, and a policy shift is unlikely, especially after recent hopes of German and French leadership on the issue have faded.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has bowed to a long-standing request by scheduling a hearing on regulating the salt content of various foods.

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BATTLE CREEK, Mich., June 14 (UPI) -- Kellogg Co. announced it will adopt nutrition standards to determine which products children under age 12 will see advertised on U.S. airwaves.

CHICAGO, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- McDonald's has announced plans to sell its fast food with a nutrition label at most of its 30,000 restaurants worldwide. The fast-food giant, dogged by lawsuits and a documentary blasting the fat content of its food, made the announcement Tuesday.