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Vitamin A Knavery
Vitamin A is in the news again, this time in the form of front page reports on a recent article that appeared in the November 23rd issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. "Teratogenicity of High Vitamin A Intake" by Kenneth J. Rothman of the Boston University School of Medicine, and his colleagues, correlates vitamin A consumption among more than 22,000 pregnant women with birth defects occurring in the subsequent offspring. "Study Links Excess Vitamin A and Birth Defects" by Jane Brody appeared on the front page of the New York Times on October 7,1995; On November 24,1995, the Washington Times reported: "High doses of vitamin A linked to babies' brain defects."