[AU72]

So they want to condemm the Great Salt lake as a HAZMAT site.

[headsonpikes]

They’ll be taking my anchovy-laden pizza from my cold, dead, greasy hands!

[ElkGroveDan]

They really need to start with sharp objects like pointed sticks, then work their way up to more dangerous items like 16-ton weights. After that they can worry about things like salt and loganberries.

[Question Liberal Authority]

If lefties were consistent, they'd oppose the use of sea salt on the basis that it depletes the ocean of a necessary mineral, and that desalination of the ocean could cause the extinction of half the species on Earth.

This whole thing about hypertension and kidney disease is just a sideshow.

[murdoog]

A lot of us correctly predicted during the tobacco lawsuits that fatty food would be next.

I would not have predicted anyone would be going after salt, and would have dismissed any such prediction as just plain silly.

I guess nothing's too silly for someone to propose anymore.

[Sacajaweau]

Living is the chief cause of dying.

[Question Liberal Authority]

We estimate that it is probably responsible for around 25 per cent to 30 per cent of the burden of cardiovascular disease, so that's really very significant," he said.

The other 75% of heart attacks are caused by reading reports from the Center For Science In The Public Interest.

[RightWhale]

Cancer is correlated with working nightshift. They didn’t say if graveyard shift is more dangerous than swingshift.

[seeker_two]

When salt is outlawed, only outlaws will have salt....

Why does CSPI still make the news?....

[keepitreal]

Salt Tax time!

[Sunshine Sister]

Here we go again! So we save the entire human race from salt. Pray tell me what they ARE going to die from?

[absolootezer0]

nanny state ping

[Dead Corpse]

The AMA is turning out to be the number 1 hazard to our Health.

[jveritas]

AMA is a socialist organization.

[najida]

It’s not about naturally occuring salt but the salt used in processed foods etc. IOW, the salt added to foods usually to cover off flavors and odors, or make less than palatable foods more so.

The issue is, some folks don’t have the kidneys or vasuclar system to handle the abnormal glut added to the western diet.

But hell,
waddaino.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Or they could do it this way. How about let people be responsible for their own health, educating themselves on what is good for them or not good for them, and then deciding accordingly? I like salt. I don’t have an issue with high blood pressure, but I am at the age when that could start becoming a problem, so I have tended to use less salt. Like most of us, I can read, and I read the nutritional information on the packages. I am often astounded by how much salt is in some products. I don’t buy or consume those products. Simple. Those who follow that route might contribute to the improvement of their own health and reduce the disease and mortality rates, and those who don’t — well, they’ve helped to thin the herd.

[Paperdoll]

WOW! And from a “government” that isn’t worth it’s salt, too! :) Next thing they will regulate sugar. America, where did you go?

[tacticalogic]

Apparently people putting salt on their food is having a “substantial effect on commerce amnong the several states”.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Wadda you expect from Uncle Sugar?

[Esther Ruth]

I can see it now at resturants - the waiters will have to watch the customers salt shaker use and if they use to much the salt will be removed from the table. Or maybe they will just remove it completely and you will have to request salt (in triplicate form and notarized) and it will be decided by a special committee at each restaurant whether or not salt will be allowed on an individual basis. Some may become violent when they are refused salt. Shrinks/doctors will call this new syndrome Reduced Salt Aggression Disorder (R-SAD). Public Schools will use up at least one third of the school year in 08/09 educating the young sheep on the dangers of salt. Kids around the country will start wearing T-shirts that say Salt Free since .....