Limits For Nutrients Without Adverse Event Data Not "Justifiable" - Hathcock
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Setting tolerable upper intake levels for nutrients with little or no adverse events data is "not a scientifically justifiable process," Council for Responsible Nutrition Director of Nutritional and Regulatory Science John Hathcock, PhD, stated at a Jan. 21 open session of the Institute of Medicine Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients.
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