Urgent need to increase folic acid consumption.

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      Editorial. Discusses the US Public Health Service's (PHS) recommendation that to reduce the risk for a spina bifida and anencephaly (SBA)-affected pregnancy, all women who are capable of becoming pregnant should consume 0.4 mg of folic acid per day. Effectiveness of high-risk and population approach; Need for total daily folate consumption not to exceed 1.0 mg.