Gretchen Carlson and friends arm themselves:
So the FDA has opened up now a formal inquiry into salt reduction, so what is that going to mean? Will we now see that you can't eat salt in your own home, potentially? I mean, you know, they've already done that with smoking, et cetera. Not really sure.
As Roger Ailes put it:
I like Bloomberg, he's a friend. But fuck him and the salt. I like salt.
Chelsea Rudman dismantles the Fox News hysteria:
[Steve Doocy's] use of the words "the science is not settled" is an immediate red flag to anyone who knows Fox's relationship with science. Fox often uses similar language to describe climate change, even though the science is settled; Media Matters revealed a leaked email in December 2010 that showed top Fox official Bill Sammon ordered news staff to cast doubt on climate change. And, indeed, it's "settled" that most scientists agree a high salt intake is bad for you. While experts still debate what level of salt intake is appropriate, and who is most susceptible to its negative effects, most agree that high-salt diets can lead to increased risk of hypertension, heart attacks, and other cardiovascular disease.
Kate Sheppard also pushes back:
Keep in mind that even if the FDA came out with rules, it wouldn't be deploying salt cops to your local Big Boy to confiscate all the salt shakers. It would merely be setting guidelines about the amount of salt in processed, packaged foods—the kind of foods where people unknowingly consume all kinds of sodium currently.
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