Osteoporosis R&D legislation
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) introduces the Osteoporosis Risk Reduction Act of 1994 (HR 4284) on April 21 to require FDA to review the relationship between calcium intake and bone mass and osteoporosis. The bill would ask FDA to set optimum calcium intake levels, determine how many Americans consume too little calcium, and provide guidelines for fortifying of grain products with calcium