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Public Health Not Held to Same “Clinical Trial” Standards as Medicine, NY Doc Writes
A retired pediatrician, in a recent letter to the New York Times about the city’s new salt recommendations, brings up an interesting point.
Before the city goes further with its salt recommendations, he writes, “it should evaluate the effects of its requirements on trans fat. Has this step improved cardiovascular health or has it not?”
“Drugs are evaluated by controlled clinical trials,” he writes. “If they prove effective, they are promoted. If they prove ineffective, they are discarded. Public health measures should be evaluated no less rigorously.”
Sound reasonable?
