How the government shutdown could affect your health

How the government shutdown could affect your health

Key government services like food inspections, health exposure assessments and cash assistance for groceries have been frayed Food inspecti... 00:00:00

Key government services like food inspections, health exposure assessments and cash assistance for groceries have been frayed

Food inspections, assessing health effects of toxic chemicals and cash assistance for groceries – all are services performed by the federal government, and all are now frayed by the partial government shutdown.

The US Food and Drug Administration, responsible for inspecting more than 80,000 food facilities, has curtailed inspections. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has suspended health exposure assessments. Cash assistance to buy groceries, commonly called food stamps, are funded through February – but beyond that is a question mark.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2FriDJK