FDA

By the end of the month, the Federal Drug Administration needs to decide whether to ban BPA in food and drink containers. Bisphenol A makes plastic more pliable, but some scientists say it may have adverse effects on human health.

Reporter Amy Scott discusses how the FDA's ruling will affect overall sales of the drug.

This final note today, in which I stand up for what really counts as licorice and what doesn't. It comes by way of an FDA report that adults over...

Predictive Medical Technologies has come up with an algorithm that can predict if a patient will have a heart attack within 24 hours. So far, the...

The Senate banking committee today is questioning regulators of the Dodd-Frank law to gauge how much they've improved the financial system. The law...

What do you have when mix you four beers with two cups of coffee? Some call it Four Loko - the canned beverage sold by Chicago-based Phusion Pro...

This week on Marketplace we'll be following sustainable jobs. Today, we learned about the fastest growing industry in the job field: biomedical...

This final note today, one that pretty much writes itself, to be honest with you. The Corn Refiners Association has just about had it with the...

A federal appellate court in Washington DC will consider the fate of so-called e-cigarettes next month. E-cigarettes use batteries to turn nicotine...

The National Milk Producers Federation is very protective about the use of the word "milk." USA Today reports they've written the FDA for the sec...