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Hispanic births with neural tube defects not significantly reduced after voluntary folic acid fortification of corn masa flour - Earth News Report
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated folic acid fortification of all enriched cereal grains in 1996, and this regulation resulted in a reduction of neural tube defect (NTD)–affected pregnancies for the population in the United States. While this mandatory food fortification strategy is an example of a public health success, Hispanic women in