Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Comments? Misty L. Trepke http://www..com THIS RESTRICTS YOUR RIGHTS TO BUY SUPPLEMENTS!!! This is very important! It has already happened in Europe!!! If we do not TAKE ACTION to prevent this travesty here, by alerting our legislators, friends etc. we will have only ourselves to blame if CODEX is approved in the U.S. (please read the short article for details and for the way to contact your representives) Please do all you can to see that our rights to buy supplements is not unduly restricted. Thank you in advace for forwarding this email to everyone in you address book. Thanks again for you for your help. Dave Perkins " enjoy being " --- from: Health Sciences Institute e-Alert December 01, 2004 Dear Reader, In the days and weeks before a major earthquake, seismologists often record tremors -subterranean rumbles, signaling that something destructive is on the way. Consider today's e-Alert a tremor. Something very destructive is headed our way, and it will have a deeply negative impact on your right to make your own healthcare decisions. --------------------------- Dreaming up dangers --------------------------- In the e-Alert I sent you on Friday, 11/19/04, I shared this comment from an HSI member who goes by the initials PKL: " My friend, an ND, said 2 years ago that as the date for the USA to comply with codex alimentarius rules approached (Aug.2005) we would see scare stories coming out in the media about the 'dangers' of common vitamins and supplements. " PKL's friend felt the tremors coming. And his prediction was right on the money. In recent e-Alerts I told you about two flawed studies that produced over-the-top scare headlines regarding the supposed risks of taking vitamins C and E in large doses. But these studies are not isolated cases. For instance, a recent " long-term study " found that glucosamine was less effective than a placebo in relieving arthritis pain. But a closer look at the published research reveals that the actual study period was only six months long, and all of the subjects had previously found glucosamine to be effective over a two-year period. (The researchers were counting those two years as part of the " long-term " .) Nevertheless, this research was reported as a failure for glucosamine. Is the timing of these and other deliberately negative studies a coincidence? Or is it part of a concerted effort to plant the seeds of doubt in the mind of the public? --------------------------- Harsh harmony --------------------------- As PKL pointed out, the whole point of planting those seeds is to prepare for the approaching Codex deadline. The U.S. is one of the 165 member countries of the Codex Alimentarius Commission - an international food standards program created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the purposes of the Codex Commission is to " harmonize " international food trade. And here are a few key elements of that harmonizing: * WHO classifies all dietary supplements as drugs * The Codex Commission intends to limit over-the-counter sales of dietary supplements while reclassifying others as pharmaceuticals, available only through a pharmacist * Under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, Codex guidelines override the regulations of individual countries * Member countries (including the U.S.) that refuse to accept and enforce the WTO directives are subject to severe trade sanctions A strong tremor was felt just last month when the Codex Commission approved draft guidelines that will begin restricting the sale of dietary supplements as early as next summer. So in spite of our current laws that make a wide range of vitamins, minerals and herbal formulations readily available, the U.S. is poised to simply put those laws aside to conform to the unacceptably restrictive Codex guidelines. --------------------------- Whose country is it anyway? --------------------------- Incredible, isn't it? Our freedom to make our own healthcare choices may simply be taken away by an international commission. But at this point, the imposition of the Codex guidelines isn't necessarily a done deal. And although the situation is not promising, it's still not too late to help prevent it from happening. I strongly urge you to join me in taking a moment to send a brief letter or e-mail to your Senators and Representatives. (You can easily find Congressional street addresses and e-mail addresses at congress.org just by entering your zip code. We've heard that snail mail gets more attention from our public servants than e-mail.) (Note by Dave: If you can't write hard copy mail here's a site you can access to get you representative's and Senators email . . . http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ Suggestion, copy the email to yourself. When you receive it, print it. Now you have " hard copy " Then send by snail mail - won't hurt them to hear from you twice. For your senators address: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm For your congressperson's address: http://www.house.gov/writerep/ ) Tell them that you strongly oppose the international " harmonization " of dietary supplement laws, drafted in another country, and designed to " protect " you from the choices you make about your personal healthcare. Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., has written a sobering description of what life would be like under the Codex regulations. You can find Dr. Wright's editorial on the web site for his Nutrition & Healing newsletter: wrightnewsletter.com. Look for the heading titled " Featured Article. " Dr. Wright offers links to other resources with detailed information about Codex and he also suggests further actions we all can take. Finally, tell your friends and let them know what's going on. We obviously can't depend on the mainstream media to adequately report this one, so it's time to get the message out by word of mouth. If we don't act now, these rumbling tremors may develop into something far worse. ************************************************************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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