It is a historic day in the fight against trans fat. This article from abchealthnews.com announced that Arnold Schwarzenagger, has just signed into law today a ban against trans fats in California. As announced in this separate article from Harvard School of Public Health, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City, was responsible for making New York City the first city to ban trans fats in all restaurants. He was a recipient of the Richmond Award for promotion of public health, for his proactive stand. In fact, as announced here, July 1st 2008, marked the completion of the final phase for restaurants in the city to comply to the zero trans fat policy.
What makes the case in California special is that it is the first state in the nation to pass the legislature on such a large scale. While the U.S. is still lagging in terms of making the ban on trans fat a nationwide policy, with the example of California it will interesting to note if the rest of the country follows suit. Also of potential interest, while there is not much text on the role insurance providers play on trans fat legislation, it might be something to see if they will start lobbying Washington for this change.
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