Public Statements

Response statement to CSPI's petition to FDA on GRAS status of salt, November 8

Hanneman letter to UK Food Standards Agency on "targets" for low-sodium foods, October 21

Hanneman letter to NY Assembly Committee chairs on NY State procurement reform, October 3

Hanneman article on "Pinpointing your environmental weak spots" in October APWA Reporter, web-published with permission)

10 Win  Salt Institute Storage "Excellence" Award, September 12

Response statement to CSPI's "Salt Content of Foods," August 17

Feldman letter to Members of Congress on Water Resources Development Act, June 30

Four Leading Nutrition and Cardiovascular Researchers Challenge 2005 Salt Intake Guidelines, June 9 (link to on-demand hour-long webcast with FAQ)

Hanneman article, "The not-so-sunny South" in American City & County magazine, April 1

Hanneman to EU Commissioner Markos Kyprianou on EU Platform, March 25

News Release:  Salt Industry Achieves Record Safety in 2004, March 14

News Release:  2004 Salt Sales Strong, March 10

News Release: "Fresh Insight" and "Support for Skeptics" in New Blood Pressure Report, March 9

Hanneman response to CSPI report on salt, February 24

Hanneman to Food Standards Australia New Zealand on mandatory salt iodization, February 23

News Release: Appeal for Data Quality in Federal Nutrition Policy, January 14

Salt Institute Endorses Improving Dietary Quality - response to release of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, January 12

2004

Salt Institute to National Institutes of Health on Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information, November 15

Hanneman to Salt Institute member CEOs on Rising Freight and Energy Costs, October 5

Hanneman to HHS/USDA hearing on Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, September 21

News Release:  Winners of the 2004 Salt Institute Excellence in Storage Award, September 13

Hanneman article "Towards USI: A Salt Industry Perspective" in IDD Newsletter (ICCIDD), August

Hanneman to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Commitee, re Bray DASH-Sodium paper, July 26

Hanneman to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Commitee, re nutrition research agenda, July 16

Hanneman to Dr. Muhammad Nasir Khan, World Health Assembly, re WHO Global Strategy, May 18        news release

Salt Institute comments to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, April 28

Feldman presentation to North American Snow Conference, April 27

Hanneman to Ian Shugart, Health Canada, re WHO Global Health Strategy, April 21

News Release:  2003 U.S. Salt Sales Set Record, April 8

Salt Institute comments to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, April 6

News Release: Salt Institute Salutes Environment Canada for new Road Salts Code of Practice, April 6

News Release: Salt Institute, U.S. Chamber Go to Court Seeking Release of Salt Study Data, March 31         US Chamber release

News Release:  Snowfighting Pays Dividends, March 22

News Release:  Salt Industry Safety Record Improves, March 22

Salt Institute comments to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, March 15

News Release:  No Consensus on Salt Restriction, February 11

News Release:  Canadian Guidelines Reject Universal Salt Restriction, February 6

Hanneman panel presentation on Balancing Winter Transportation Safety Needs and Environmental Priorities:  The Canadian Experience at TRB Annual meeting, January 13

2003

Feldman article on "A Consumers' Guide for Selecting the Right Water Softener Salt: Responding to Q&A" in Water Treatment Dealer, November/December (reproduced with permission)

Hanneman to Office of Management and Budget on proposed Peer Review Bulletin, December 15      (OMB posting)

Leblanc and Hamilton Comments on Environment Canada's Proposed Code of Practice-Road Salts Management, November 14

Hanneman presentation on "Training: Key to Salt Management" to Ontario Good Roads Association, October 23

Hanneman presentation on "The World of Salt: A North American Perspective" at Salt Symposium, Tokyo, October 16

Feldman article on "A Consumers' Guide for Selecting the Right Water Softener Salt" in Water Treatment Dealer, September/October
(reproduced with permission)

News Release: Salt Sales Surge (Salt Institute reports Jan-June 2003 US Salt Sales), September 29

News Release:  Salt Institute Lauds Proposed Environment Canada Code of Practice, September 22

Salt Institute, US Chamber Appeal for Release of DASH-Sodium data, September 22

News Release: Salt Institute, US Chamber Appeal for Release of DASH-Sodium data, September 22

Hanneman article on "La Industria de la Sal en América Latina" in Agua Latinoamérica, Septiembre/Octubre

Hanneman to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, September 9

Winners of 2003 Salt Institute "Exellence in Storage" awards announced, August 26

Hanneman article on "Dodging Bullets" in Water Treatment Dealer, July/August issue
(reproduced with permission)

Hanneman to US Food and Drug Administration on Revison to "Healthy" Definition for Sodium on Nutrition Labels, July 5

Hanneman article on "Latin America's Salt Industry" in Water Conditioning & Purification, June issue

Hanneman article on "SARS and Ion-Exchange Water Softening" in Water Treatment Dealer, May/June issue
(reproduced with permission)

Salt Institute, US Chamber petition under Data Quality Act for DASH-Sodium data, May 15

News Release:  Salt Institute, US Chamber Petition under Data Quality Act for DASH-Sodium data, May 15  also (US Chamber release)

Hanneman to Don Boudria, Canada's Special Committee of Council on Possible Schedule 1 Listing of "Road Salts," May 13

Hanneman to Office of Management and Budget on Draft Report to Congress on Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness, May 5
(OMB posting)

Hanneman to US Food and Drug Administration on Revision to "Healthy" Definition for Sodium on Nutrition Labels, May 5

Hanneman to Michael Zeilinger, US AID on Iodized Salt for post-war Iraq, April 24

Hamilton and Leblanc to Canadian Environmental Minister David Anderson on Possible Schedule 1 Listing of "Road Salts,"  April 14

Hanneman article on "New Answers on Sodium (and a New Question too)" in Water Treatment Dealer, March/April issue
(reproduced with permission)

Hanneman reaction statement to WHO "Expert Report on Diet, Nutrition and Prevention of Chronic Diseases," March 3  (WHO posting)

Feldman joins Salt Institute as new Technical Director, March 1

2002

Hanneman to British Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition on Dietary Salt Policy on December 27

Hanneman reaction statement to APHA call for salt reduction in restaurants and food processing on November 12

Hanneman article on "Roadway Operations for Winter Safety and Mobility" in APWA Reporter, October issue

Hanneman article "A Safety Expert Speaks Out -- on Road Weather Safety" in Road Safety Reporter 4th Quarter 2002 (cached version)

Hanneman letter to Canadian Transport Minister David Collenette on Road Safety Vision 2010 on August 29

Hanneman letter to Michigan DEQ Director Russell Harding on Salt Storage Standards on August 26

Hanneman to US Environmental Protection Agency on Sodium in Drinking Water on August 2

Hanneman to US EPA on Sodium in Drinking Water, supplemental comments, on August 2

Hanneman article "Water Softeners and Salt: Still a Dealer's Foundation" in Water Conditioning & Purification, August issue
(reproduced with permission of Water Conditioning & Purification magazine)

Salt Institute Statement on Authorized Food Additives in Japan on June 25

Hanneman to National Institutes of Health on Draft Guidelines to Implement the Data Quality Act on May 31

Hanneman to Food and Nutrition Board Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water on April 30    (PowerPoint)

Hanneman Opinion Editorial  on "Highway Safety and Salt-Efficient Snowfighting" in Living Safety (Canada Safety Council), Spring 2002
(reproduced with permission of the Canada Safety Council)

Hanneman to Road Salt Stakeholders Meeting on Implementing Sensible Salting on April 23    (PowerPoint)

Hanneman to World Health Organization on draft report "Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases on April 13

Hanneman presentation to Water Quality Association on "Salt: New Questions. New Answers." on March 6

King to Environment Canada opposing recommended listing of "road salts" as "toxic substances" on February 28

2001

King to all [Canadians] concerned with providing effective winter roadway safety and mobility on December 21

Hanneman response to DASH-Sodium article in Annals of Internal Medicine on December 18

King to Hon. Herb Gray (and SCC/Cabinet) on Failure of Environment Canada's "Road Salts" Communications Plan on December 11

Briscoe article on "You Survived Last Winter....Did You Learn Anything?" in Better Roads, December issue

King to Standing Committee of Council (Canadian Cabinet) on Importance of Good Communications on "Road Salts" on October 30

King to Standing Committee of Council (Canadian Cabinet) on Science in "Road Salts" Assessment on October 1

Bertram and Jim M. Wolf, IMC Salt to Ground Water Protection Council Forum on Salt Storage on September 25

Hanneman to Health Canada on Health Claim Label Regulations on July 24

Hanneman article "Salt: Asking the Right Questions About Dietary Sodium" in Water Conditioning & Purification, July issue
(reproduced with permission of Water Conditioning & Purification magazine)

Bertram to Kansas Department of Health & Environment on Surface Water Quality Standards on July 20

King to Environment Canada Minister David Anderson on Draft Assessment Report on July 10

Hanneman to US EPA on Preliminary Administrative Determination on July 5

King to Health Canada Minister Allan Rock on Draft Assessment Report on June 25

Hanneman "Below the Beltway" interview in Washington Post on April 8

News Release on 2000 Salt Institute Safety Contest on March 9

News Release on NHLBI has right issue but Wrong Solution on Salt Sensitivity on February 15

News Release on Dietary Quality, not Dietary Salt, Most Responsible for Healthy Blood Presssure on Jan. 4

2000

News Release on Importance of Available Salt for Winter Roadway Deicing on December 29

King to Environment Canada on Draft Assessment Report for "Road Salts" on October 20

News Release on Environment Canada's Recommendation on "Road Salts" on August 11

Petition to (US) Secretary of Labor for Rulemaking on Mine Hoist Regulations on July 20

Hanneman to Mexican Ministry of Health on Salt Specifications on July 19  (Spanish)

Hanneman to Mexican Ministry of Health on Salt Specifications on July 19  (English)

King to Canadian Ministers of Environment and Health on Environmental Assessment of "Road Salts" on July 4

Hanneman statement on NHLBI news release on DASH-Sodium Study on May 17

Hanneman to (US) Food and Drug Administration on April 4 on Health Claims/Pearson v. Shalala Decision

Hanneman/Briscoe Guest Column on website of Center for Regulatory Effectiveness on March 28 on Access-to-Data

Hanneman to US Dept of Agriculture/US Dept of Health and Human Services on March 15 on Dietary Guidelines

Hanneman to US Dept of Agriculture/US Dept of Health and Human Services on March 10 on Dietary Guidelines

Bertram to (US) Occupational Safety and Health Administration on March 3 on Ergonomics regulations

Hanneman to US Dept of Agriculture on Jan. 27 on Sodium Content of "Healthy" Foods

News Release of January 25 on $5 Billion Cost of US East Coast Snowstorm

Statement of January 20 on January 19 CBC-TV story

News Release on January 6 on Americans' Concern with Dietary Salt Shrinks to Record Low

1999

News Release on December 17 on (non) relationship of road salts to cancer

Hamilton to Canadian Senate Environment Committee September 1 on Importance of Road Salts

Hamilton to Canadian Senate Environment Committee September 1 on Importance of Road Salts (in French)

Hanneman to FDA August 30 on "Significant Scientific Agreement in Review of Health Claims"

Bertram to MSHA, July 26 on Diesel Emissions Particulates

Hanneman to US HHS Secy Shalala July 19 on "Unified Dietary Guidelines"

Hanneman to US HHS Secy Shalala June 18 on "Unified Dietary Guidelines"

Hanneman to Canadian Senate Cmte., June 14, on CEPA Reform

Hanneman to House Appropriations Committee, May 28 on Access-to-Data

Bertram to MSHA, May 25 on Diesel Emissions Particulates

Hanneman to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, May 21 on Canadian Guidelines

Hanneman letter to Sen. John McCain, May 20 on Jones Act Reform

Hanneman to Federal Highway Administration, May 12 on roadway safety performance

Bertram to MSHA, April 30 on Diesel Emissions Particulates

Bertram to Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, April 28 on chloride discharges

Hanneman to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, April 23 on revised Guidelines

Hanneman to American Institute for Cancer Research, April 9 on AICR report

Hanneman to FDA, April 8 on health claims regulations

Hanneman to Office of Management and Budget, April 1 on Access-to-Data

Hanneman to Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, February 24 on revised Guidelines

Hanneman to Lenfant/NHLBI, February 4 on NHLBI "Sodium & Blood Pressure

Workshop"Hanneman to Levitt/FDA, January 22 on sodium and health issues

Hanneman to Lenfant/NHLBI, January 21 on NHLBI "Sodium & Blood Pressure Workshop"

Salt Institute statement on Standard & Poor's DRI study, January on costs of blizzards

Hanneman on "Salt Issues in Washington," winter 1999

1998

Hanneman to National Highway Traffic Safety Admin., October 21 on safety record-keeping

Hanneman to U.S. HHS, October 16 on Healthy People 2010 National Health Objectives

Bertram to ASME, September 25 on mine elevators

Bertram to MSHA, September 25 on surface haulage rules

Bertram to U.S. EPA, September 1 on "available cyanide" testing protocol

Hanneman to U.S. Senate Commerce Cmte, September 1 on Jones Act Reform

Hanneman article "Sodium Debate Continues" in Water Technology, August issue

Hanneman article "Salt: Fading Public Concern or Rising Regulatory Issue?" in Water Conditioning & Purification, August issue
(reproduced with permission of Water Conditioning & Purification magazine)

Hanneman on 1997 US DOT "Conditions and Performance" Report, May 21

Hanneman to FDA, May 19 on Nutrition Label definition of "healthy"

Bertram to MSHA, April 17 on "miners' rights" proposal

Bertram to MSHA, April 17 on "significant & substantial" rule

Bertram to U.S. Pharmacopeil Convention, April 17 on bromides

Hanneman to House/Senate conferees on TEA-21 (surface transporation), April 15

Hanneman to U.S. Senate, April 14 on depletion allowances

Hanneman on Alderman NHANES "health outcomes" analysis in The Lancet, March 14

Hanneman to National Drinking Water Advisory Council, January 28 on DWEL for sodium

1997

Hanneman on "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension" (DASH) Study, April 17

Hanneman to National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee, April 3 on its policy of universal sodium restriction

Hanneman to Roadway Safety Foundation, March 27 on deicing for better traffic safety

Hanneman on NHLBI "Trials of Hypertension Prevention, phase II" Study, March 24

Hanneman to U.S. EPA, March 11 on particulate emission standards

Hanneman on ABC-TV special January 10 on "Junk Science"

1996

Salt Institute withdraws FDA petition, December 27

Salt Institute petitions FDA to rescind "sodium/hypertension" health claim, September 19 (news release)

Salt Institute Citizen's Petition to FDA, September 19, to rescind "sodium/hypertension" health claim

Hanneman article in Water Conditioning and Purification on sodium and health

Hanneman article in Public Works magazine, July on performance and accountability

Hanneman to U.S. House, February 27 on taking Highway Trust Fund off-budget

Hanneman to U.S. State Dept., January 26 on longshore labor issues

1995

Briscoe article in Public Risk magazine, October on winter maintenance for risk management

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