NYC bans trans-fats

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They actually did it. According to AP: “The Board of Health voted [unanimously] Tuesday to make New York the nation’s first city to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants — from the corner pizzeria to high-end bakeries.”

“Nobody wants to take away your french fries and hamburgers — I love those things, too,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said recently. “But if you can make them with something that is less damaging to your health, we should do that.”

We can also make walking down the street safer by requiring everyone to wear padding and a helment. I wonder if he’s for that, too? Next Wednesday AFF will host a roundtable on the burgeoning nanny state. Baylen Linnekin will not be speaking at the event.

Dec 5, 2006 | Comments | Tags: , ,

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