'Proven ineffective': Doctors urge stronger alcohol pregnancy warning labels

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Doctors are calling on Australian and New Zealand governments to resist alcohol industry pressure and adopt the mandatory pregnancy warning labels they previously sent back for revision | Dana_Adele

and "signal wording" of the label, taking into account its cost to industry.

Professor Wilson said the alcohol industry's voluntary DrinkWise labelling scheme, which had been in place for eight years, had proven to be ineffective, with many alcohol products on the market failing to carry the warning label. In the letter, Professor Wilson wrote that FASD was "the leading non-genetic developmental disability in Australia", with alcohol use in pregnancy linked with other potential harms including miscarriage, stillbirth and low birth weight.

"The immediate implementation of the effective pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic products will have enormous positive impact on the health and wellbeing of Australian children, families and communities," Professor Wilson wrote."As many as 70 percent of Australians support the mandatory inclusion of a new and effective pregnancy warning label on all alcoholic products. So do key medical colleges and health policy bodies across the nation.

 

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Dana_Adele If you dont know not to drink while pregnant you shouldn't have a child.

Dana_Adele How’s a pregnant woman to fend-off a kangaroo or wallaby without a guilt-free glass of Shiraz?

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