Fwd: FW: Update Supplement Safety Act-Senate Campaign

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Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:01:34 -0900

Sandy Mintz

FW: Update Supplement Safety Act-Senate Campaign

 

From Arnold Gore:

 

Hi Health activists & Consumers,

It is time to re-start our campaign to get the Senators to defeat the

proposed Supplement Safety Act that will give FDA the power to remove a

supplement after receiving only " 1 or more complaints of serious adverse

reactions " . This draconian power is very likely to be used to take popular

supplements that compete with prescription drugs off the market.

Particularly St.John's Wort that competes with Prozac, Zoloft and other big

seller drugs for depression.

Senator Clinton is co-sponsoring the Supplement Safety Act s.722 AND the

DSHEA Full Implementation Act, the bill sponsored by Senator Tom Harkin to

enforce the current law which already gives FDA authority to remove a

supplement if it presents a real danger.As we see they have used it to

remove ephedra, although the scientific basis is far from established.

Senator John McCain of Arizona has now also sponsored the supplement safety

Act. I called his office and spoke to his aide handling the issue and went

over the detailed reports of the American Association of Poison Control

Centers for 2001 and 2002. And the Baylor University Center for

Exercise,Nutrition & Preventive Health Research report Analyzing the

detailes of the role of ephedra in the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher

Steve Bechler in February 2003. The pre-existing factors throw the most of

the suspicion on poor supervision of training for a professional athlete and

ephedra was probaly the least of the contributing factors. Bechler weighed

320 pounds, was overweight and out of shape in training camp located in the

South Florida heat. He had a prior history of Heat illness in High School.

His step brother died at age 20 after overheating playing baseball. History

of hypertension and liver problems and had not eaten solid food for a day

or two. He said he would pass thebinformation on. Since Sen.McCain is a

national figure aspiring to run for pesident again, calls and mail fro

outside Arizona may weigh on his decision.

There is a new toll free telephone number to make telephone lobbying calls

to the Capitol in washington,DC courtesy of the AFL-CIO 1-800-718-1008 .

Call your Senators, especially the four co-sponsoring the Supplement safety

Act. Since Clinton and McCain have presidentisal ambitions, contact to their

offices from outside their home states may be helpful.

Sen. Charles Schumer New York City office tel. 212-486-4430

Albany office 518-431-4070

Buffalo "

716-846-4111

Binghamton 607-772-6792

Hudson Valley 914-285-9741

Long Island 631-753-0978

Rochester 585-263-5866

Syracuse 315-423-5471

 

Washington,DC office 202-224-6542

 

 

E-mail: senator

 

Sen. Hillary Clinton

New York City office tel. 212-688-6262

Westchester 914-725-9294

Long Island 631-249-2825

Buffalo 716-854-9725

Syracuse 315-448-0470

Rochester 585-263-6250

North Country 315-376-6118

Washington,DC office 202-224-4451

E-mail: senator

Sen. Diane Feinstein

San Francisco office 415-393-0707

Los Angeles 310-914-7300

San Diego 619-231-9712

Fresno 559-485-7430

Washington,DC 202-224-3841

Senator John McCain

Phoenix 602-952-2410

Tempe 480-897-6289

Tuscon 520-670-6334

Washington,DC 202-224-2235

FAX-202-228-2862

Email: john_mccain

or go to the Senate website www.senate.gov

 

 

Sandy Mintz

PO Box 111818

Anchorage, AK 99511-1818

 

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" Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. " - Wendell Phillips (1811-1884),

paraphrasing John Philpot Curran (1808)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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