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    Folic Acid Information
    Folic acid is a water soluble B-vitamin that helps build healthy cells. Water soluble means it does not stay in your body for very long, so you need to take it every day to help prevent neural tube de... Details >
    Spina Bifida Association of America
    Folic Acid Now
    Also available in: Spanish
    Links to information related to the national campaign on promoting the use of folic acid to prevent NTDs (neural tube defects); other related information on birth defects for consumers, in both Englis... Details >
    National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
    Organizations
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    Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
    Spina Bifida Association of America
    U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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    Database Updated: Friday, November 19, 2004