NEWS RELEASE
For release: November 8, 2005
CSPI petition needs fact-checker: Salt Institute
Alexandria, VA (Nov. 8)….Salt Institute president Richard L. Hanneman issued the following statement in response to a petition to FDA today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest:
“This petition is basically an edit of CSPI’s February legal argument that was tossed out by the District Court. Even a cursory look at the petition shows CSPI still hasn’t used a fact-checker. The petition is riddled with errors on top of the egregious mischaracterization of several studies.
“As we said in February, whether dietary salt is a health risk is an important question that needs to be answered with medical evidence, not media soundbites. CSPI says salt is costing lives. Twelve medical studies have examined this question of salt intake and health outcomes and none can find evidence that populations with salt intakes like those in the U.S. are at risk. In fact, an analysis by the President of the International Society of Hypertension of the federal government’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that Americans consuming low sodium diets have 20% greater mortality. Responding to this petition is as much a waste of taxpayer dollars as it is a transparent play for media attention.”
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