Consumerandhealthadvocacygroupsincluding the AmericanDieteticAssociation, American Heart Association and the Center for Sciencein thePublicInterestsupportthe legislation.
But Vasella is considerably less kind to consumerinterestgroups like Sidney Wolfe's Public Citizen, which jumped on Zelnorm as a potentially dangerous drug.
Over the past year, there has been one child death and many injuries from swallowing small magnets in magnetic building toys and jewelry, according to U.S. PIRG, a federation of state consumerinterestgroups.