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10:00Food Safety

The investigation continues into the source of E.coli contaminated spinach. We'll hear several perspectives on this latest outbreak and new efforts to reduce the incidence of food borne illness.

Guests

William Schultz, former Food and Drug Administration deputy commissioner, 1994 to 1998

David Gombas, vice president for science and technical affairs, United Fresh Produce Association

Robert Brackett, director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Sciences, Food and Drug Administration

Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety for the Center for Science in the Public Interest

Senator Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator, Dem, Illinois, Minority Whip

11:00Older Fathers & Reproductive Risks

New research draws links between a father's age and genetic damage he can pass on. Children of older fathers have greater rates of a number of diseases and disorders, including autism.

Guests

Jeremy Silverman, professor of psychiatry and director of the Family Studies Research Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr. Alan DeCherney, ob/gyn, chief of the Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health

Andrew Wyrobek, medical biophysicist, senior staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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