The FDA fortified white bread, but left Hispanics exposed to birth defects

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated the folic acid fortification of enriched cereal grains in 1998, it was celebrated as one of the greatest triumphs of preventive medicine. By introducing this critical B-vitamin into daily dietary staples, the nationwide incidence of devastating neural tube defects such as spina bifida plummeted by roughly 35%. […]

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