Fwd: Global Health Freedom Alert!! Lets Help New Zealand- TheirElection is Saturday!

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IAHF List: The New Zealand National Election is on Saturday

July 30. Please forward this to anyone in New Zealand who

you know. They should only vote for opposition party

candidates who oppose the ruling Labor government, because

the Labor government wants to harmonize their liberal

vitamin laws to Australia's mindlessly restrictive laws.

Lets keep our fingers crossed for the vitamin consumers of

New Zealand that Labor does not win a majority in

Parliament. If the opposition parties can elect enough

people to Parliament to force Labor to share power, they may

be able to block harmonization to Australia.

 

AMERICANS: If you are an American, please alert more people

to the fact that our biggest problem is that pharmaceutical

interests are dominating our trade associations, keeping the

truth on the Codex vitamin issue from coming out. The big

lie is that DSHEA " can't be harmonized " to a finalized Codex

vitamin standard. Ostensibly, a federal statute protects all

of our domestic laws from harmonization, but it is only a

paper tiger. See this news article from the Washington Times

" WTO DECIDES US LAW VIOLATES TRADE TREATIES " :

 

http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020718.

 

Electors! DEMAND

 

Total Honesty & Full Disclosure by Government

 

Public Notice in the interest of Health and safety of

consumers, presented by The New Zealand Charter of Health

Practitioners Incorporated. Please e-mail this article to

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How Should You Vote? The New Zealand Charter of Health

Practitioners Incorporated does not presume to tell its

members and supporters how to vote.

 

Members have requested that the 'Charter' research the

health policies of the political parties. This is the first

article in a series relating to political health policies

 

Subject List:

1. Unsafe Dietary Supplements.

2. Safe Unsafe

3. Loss of Sovereignty and rights.

4. Ministry Ignore facts

5. The Ministry of Health have failed

6. The Ministry has been doing

7. What can you do

8. Take Action

 

Unsafe Dietary Supplements

Your Government the Minister of Health and the Ministry of

Health have entered into an agreements with The Australian

Therapeutic Goods Authority to control and restrict your

access to all types of dietary supplements (Vitamins,

Minerals, Herbs, Amino Acids and Health Products).

 

The Guiding theme behind The Australian Therapeutic Goods

Authority and the New Zealand Ministry of Health Joint

Agency Harmonisation Treaty is the need to ensure the safety

and efficacy of dietary supplements .

 

The prime reason given by the Australians and the New

Zealand Ministry of Health project team presented to the New

Zealand health industry has been " The safety of Dietary

Supplements " .

 

Ignorance Appears to be Bliss The New Zealand Ministry of

Health have chosen to ignore its own records and for its own

purpose of empire building has continually mounted an attack

on safe dietary supplements while at the same time ignoring

the very real danger to health and life created by unsafe

prescription drugs and illness created by sub-standard food

manufacture and preparation.

 

The following graphic presents very clearly the information

uncovered by investigative researcher Ron Law from the

Governments own files.

 

This information was previously hidden from public view and

the official reason for this action was " That it would

confuse the public. "

 

This graphic also illustrates the known policies of the

political parties, in relation to the Australian

Harmonisation Treaty and natural health policies, contesting

the 2002 election.

 

 

How can ANYONE say no to Safe Health????

 

Your Ministry of Health and Your Labour Government are

saying " NO to safe health " .

 

They have embraced the Big Lie " that Dietary Supplements are

not safe. "

 

The updated graphic above Illustrates the most recent

available statistics of legally recorded deaths, preventable

deaths, obtained from public hospital patient records. These

figures do not include private hospital or other death

records.

 

The Tip of the Iceberg

It needs to be recognised that these recoded deaths could be

under reported by three to six times.

 

It also needs to be noted that these figures represent zero

deaths from dietary supplements.

 

Nearly Three deaths every two weeks from food related

illnesses.

 

Over eighty deaths per week from pharamaceutical drugs.

 

The Ministry of Health and the Government have hidden from

public view the true facts about Pharmaceutical Drug Deaths,

about Food Related Illness Deaths and about the safety of

Dietary Supplements.

 

The Ministry of Health and the Government will give away New

Zealand Sovereignty to the Australian Therapeutic Goods

Authority and Australian manufacturers. (Unless you take

action to stop them).

 

This loss of Sovereignty will mean the closure of 175 small

innovative manufacturers and could ultimately lead to the

loss of thousands of jobs at the retail and distributor

level. Over one hundred thousand New Zealanders are involved

in retail and distribution according to Health Industry

experts.

 

They will initially remove from sale over 200 safe dietary

supplement substances used by New Zealanders for promotion

of their health and wellbeing and as preventative and

corrective therapies for degenerative conditions. (Unless

you take action to stop them).

 

They will increase the price of existing safe and effective

dietary supplements. Industry experts estimate that

registration and compliance costs will increase the price of

dietary supplements by at least twenty-five percent (25%).

(Unless you take action to stop them).

 

They will build a monumental bureaucracy, with high

registration and compliance charges to feed an ever growing

top heavy bureaucracy, (Unless you take action to stop

them).

 

The New Zealand Ministry of Health have ignored the fact

that " Over eighty New Zealanders die every week due to

correctly tested, correctly approved and correctly

prescribed pharmaceutical drugs " , and this will continue.

(Unless you take action to stop them). 1998 Statistics, the

last year of detailed official statistics available.

 

The New Zealand Ministry of Health have ignored the fact

that " Nearly three New Zealanders die every three weeks

from the effects of Food borne illness " , and this will

continue. (Unless you take action to stop them). 1998

Statistics, the last year of detailed official statistics

available.

 

Pharmaceutical drugs kill eight times more New Zealanders

each week than motor accidents. Yet New Zealand spends

millions of dollars annually on a high profile media

campaign to keep death of the road, while ignoring the

pharmaceutical drug death toll.

 

Efficacy of Dietary Supplements The Pharmaceutical/Medical

lobby have continually claimed " That dietary supplements and

Health Products are not subject to the same stringent tests

as subsidised pharmaceutical medicines and that there is no

proof of their effectiveness " .

 

This claim is repeated parrot fashion by New Zealand

Ministry of Health and Australian Therapeutic Goods

Authority officials.

 

The fact is that, the great majority of dietary supplements

are manufactured and tested using the same criteria as

pharmaceutical drugs.

 

The fact is that, consumers do not re-purchase unsubsidised

dietary supplements and health care products that are not

effective. The bulk of dietary supplements available in the

New Zealand market place have enjoyed many years of

effective and safe use.

 

According to medical experts, using statistics from the

American Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for

Disease Control. Fifty percent of all new scientifically

approved and scientifically tested pharmaceutical drugs are

removed from the marketplace over a five year period, due to

adverse reactions, hospitalisation and death .

 

Dr. Susan Martindale New Zealand's Joint Project Team leader

replied to the above facts as follows: " oh no! They are

only removed because they are not selling " .

 

When informed regarding the efficacy of dietary supplements

at a meeting in Auckland in February 2002 the Australian

Therapeutic Goods Authority Joint Agency project official

stated: " People should not self medicate as they do not

know what is good for them. "

 

Protectors of New Zealanders Health The New Zealand

Ministry of Health is supposed to be protecting the public

health!

 

Instead of protecting the public health the Ministry of

Health wastes millions of your tax dollars in the support of

policies to suppress dietary supplements and natural

therapies.

 

Instead of protecting the public health the Ministry of

Health wastes millions of your tax dollars in composing

extensive reports setting out what a great job they are

doing.

 

The Ministry of Health have failed: To adequately inform

the New Zealand public of the range or number of

Pharmaceutical Prescription Medicines that have been

responsible for the death of ten New Zealanders each week

for the last twenty years.

 

The Ministry of health have failed: To warn the New Zealand

Public regarding death promoting Pharmaceutical Medicines.

 

The Ministry of health have failed: To demand warning

notices on Adverse reaction producing pharmaceutical

medicines.

 

Let us take a quick look at what the Ministry of Health has

been doing?

 

The Ministry of Health acted in haste to demand that Bee

products be subject to warning labels. Subsequent

Parliamentary investigation proved that the Ministry

allegations were contrary to fact, untrue and unfounded.

 

The Ministry of Health acted in haste to demand that all St,

Johns Wort health products be subject to a warning label.

This decision was based on Adverse Reaction reports of one

only brand of a synthetic pharmaceutical manufactured

fraction of St. Johns Wort (which claimed to be St. Johns

Wort).

 

None of the health industry manufactured St, Johns Wort

products produced any Adverse Reaction reports, but warning

labels were demanded by our vigilant Ministry of Health.

 

The Ministry of Health acted in haste to remove Melatonin

from over the counter sale, made it a prescription medicine

and then informed Medical Doctors not to prescribe

Melatonin.

 

This action by the Ministry was taken because of an article

extolling the virtues of Melatonin in a Women's Magazine.

 

This action was also taken after the Ministry was informed

that there had been no harmful toxicity reports ever and

that four million Americans had over a four year period used

Melatonin without any substantiated Adverse Reaction

reports.

 

The list could go on and on, an interesting book could be

written about the deficiencies of the New Zealand Ministry

of Health.

 

The Hon. Annette King The Hon Annette King Labour Minister

of Health fully endorses and supports the Ministry proposals

for a Trans-Tasman Harmonisation Treaty Joint Agency

proposal and claims in her back dated letter (28 June 2002)

that consumers are being misled on a number of points.

 

In actual fact the Minister is being misled and misinformed

by her own Ministry in the same way as the Ministry has been

endeavouring to mislead and misinform the Health Industry.

 

Our lengthy discussions with Ministry officials over the

last ten years, the Ministry's subsequent actions and lack

of action on key issues, brings in to question integrity of

Ministry Officials.

 

What can you do? As an ordinary New Zealander it is easy to

feel hopeless and infective when facing the might and power

of the Ministry and misguided Parliamentarians.

 

Take Action Now! Now is the appropriate time to take action

during this election campaign. Do not wait until the

" Harmonisation Treaty Joint Agency Bill " is before

Parliament - Take Action Now. - Question every Labour

Candidate (Labour is the only major party proposing this

Australian take-over). regarding the Trans-Tasman

Therapeutic Goods Joint Agency Proposal and the

Harmonisation Treaty.

 

- Ask very specific questions and if you are not satisfied

with the answers, let them know accordingly.

 

- The future of your health and wellbeing and the future of

future generations is in your hands.

 

This Act of Parliament and other proposed legislation Acts

will seriously effect your right to look after your own and

your families health.

 

Demand that the regulation of Dietary Supplements be: " By

New Zealanders, for New Zealanders " and not by Australians

for Australian manufacturers.

 

Demand that all references to Dietary Supplements be removed

from the Trans-Tasman Therapeutic Goods Joint Agency

proposals.

 

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candidates and Parliamentarians?

 

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