On our Lab Notes page CalorieLab’s editors select and rank the day’s essential health news items in real time. Readers can suggest, vote and comment on items. Below are brief summaries of yesterday’s (February 7, 2010) Lab Notes items. To see today’s items, visit Lab Notes.
1. Penny an Ounce Soda Tax Flames Out
Broad-based lobbying by the soft drink industry efforts and industry sponsored scientific research are being blamed for Congress’s abandonment of a soft drink tax to help finance health care reform, despite claims that the tax would reduce obesity.
(By CalorieLab editors)
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Lab Notes: Penny an Ounce Soda Tax Flames Out