The testing needed to be done all along. The safety and the health of anyone on this beach is our primary concern. The Sanitation District needs to do everything it can to make sure this beach is safe, and we were told that it was safe.

With any soil contamination - whether it's sand like we have here or soil or clay - testing needs to be done thoroughly to ensure there is no health threat to the people who live here and use this beach.

Congresswoman (Shelley) Berkley shares the concern of the committee for the health and safety of miners in Nevada and across our nation. However, the implementation schedule for this new rule fails to take into account the lack of available technology needed to achieve the desired results.

I don't pay a health and safety fee to restaurants. If they want to raise the price of the meal, that's fine. But customers shouldn't order something and not know what is going into the bill.

While the results are encouraging, seniors should not try nicotine skin patches until larger studies testing the efficacy and safety of their use have been conducted.

They do not require labeling and they do not require food safety testing.