FDA antioxidant public conference
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Will be held at the National Academy of Sciences' Main Auditorium, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1-3 to "review and summarize the scientific information available" on a potential relationship between antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E and beta carotene) and cancer and cardiovascular disease. A focus of the conference, according to an Oct. 22 announcement in the Federal Register, will be the "basis for determining significant scientific agreement" for antioxidant health claims.