One 20-ounce soda has 15 teaspoons of sugar; Gatorade contains 14 teaspoons of the stuff in one bottle. One can of soda a day increases a kidâs chance of being obese by 60 percent and a womanâs chance of type 2 diabetes by 80 percent.
Not to be confused with Food and Drugs Act. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws enacted by the Federal Government in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.nforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1930.
In 1985, Congress passed the 1985 Food Security Act (Swampbuster Act). This was intended to solve some problems that had arisen in applying the Clean Water Act to agricultural land. A highlight of this act was that it attempted to craft a more precise definition of âwetlandâ that could be used in the field.n 1976, Congress enacted the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). This act regulated the introduction of new chemicals into the marketplace. Most existing chemicals were grandfathered (PCBs were an exception) and placed on a list called the TSCA Inventory.