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Tue 07 Jul 2008Folic acid delay 'unreasonable'
DIRECTOR OF the Boyne Research Institute (BRI), Dr Julianne Byrne, has said that she finds the apparent delay in the introduction of mandatory folic acid fortification “unreasonable”, because the weight of scientific evidence shows that it protects against most cases of neural tube defects (NTD).
The BRI, based in Drogheda, has called for the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid as a way to help protect against birth defects.
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