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Friday, October 26, 2007

NDP call for booze warning
Fri, October 26, 2007

By ALAN FINDLAY

All bottles of booze in Canada should include labels warning of potentially harmful consequences, according to an NDP MP and a fetal alcohol syndrome group.

New Democrat Judy Wasylycia-Leis and the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Group of Ottawa called on the federal government to impose the rule in order to prevent more children from being born with brain injuries that will impair them for life.

"Simple, cost-effective means to get a warning out to all women that when you drink, if you're pregnant, it could lead to birth defects, specifically fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder," said Winnipeg North MP Wasylycia-Leis.
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