Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Hi All, NPR (National Public Radio) did a story on further herbs " the dirty dozen " as being next in line on the banned list. Here is the website, http://news.npr.org/ look for " health and science " , click on " after ephedra, more supplements targeted for ban " it's an audio clip, not a transcript. I don't know how long this story will be online..... Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Hi Jean! The NPR is just reporting this, the agitators behind it are the Consumer's Union, who, like all unions, are congenital " big government " liberals. This is the web link, which urges people to contract congress about passing a bill that is already proposed. <https://secure2.convio.net/cu/site/Advocacy?id=145 & page=UserAction & JServSession\ Idr010=zl6n8095h1.app7a> They don't let you vote " no " , as far as I can see. Maybe if you click on the link way on the bottom about contact us and type in your concerns that Traditional practitioners be excluded from any bans. However, CU has traditionally considered themselves above all professions . . . At 09:05 PM 4/2/2004, you wrote: >Hi All, >NPR (National Public Radio) did a story on further herbs > " the dirty dozen " as being next in line on the banned list. > >Here is the website, >http://news.npr.org/ >look for " health and science " , >click on > " after ephedra, more supplements targeted for ban " >it's an audio clip, not a transcript. >I don't know how long this story will be online..... > >Jean > > > > > >Membership requires that you do not post any commerical, swear, religious, >spam messages,flame another member or swear. > >To change your email settings, i.e. individually, daily digest or none, >visit the groups' homepage: >Chinese Medicine/ click 'edit my >membership' on the right hand side and adjust accordingly. > >To send an email to ><Chinese Medicine- > from the email >account you joined with. You will be removed automatically but will still >recieve messages for a few days. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Hi Jean, Thanks for this news link. NPR is reporting on the Consumers Union " Dirty Dozen " . As you may recall it was the Consumers Union that made ephedra both a media event and a legislative event by paying the lobbyists in CA to support a bill which has since passed. The Consumers Union have aristolochic acid containing herbs in their sights next for the media and legislative blitz. Citrus aurantium (zhi ke and zhi shi) are up next after all things aristolochic. The Consumers Union is a rich and powerful force in the legislative arena. Too bad that they are not trying to expand American consumers' options to include Chinese medicine. Actually they are very Western medical science driven in their orientation. So in fact they are trying to limit consumers options to those that they view as appropriate. We are discussing the effects of " scientism " on another list as it effects the development of Chinese medicine. I believe that the Consumers Union is a major progenitor of scientism here in America. In gratitude, Emmanuel Segmen Hi All, NPR (National Public Radio) did a story on further herbs " the dirty dozen " as being next in line on the banned list. Here is the website, http://news.npr.org/ look for " health and science " , click on " after ephedra, more supplements targeted for ban " it's an audio clip, not a transcript. I don't know how long this story will be online..... Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 Hi Jean, Thanks for this news link. NPR is reporting on the Consumers Union " Dirty Dozen " . As you may recall it was the Consumers Union that made ephedra both a media event and a legislative event by paying the lobbyists in CA to support a bill which has since passed. The Consumers Union have aristolochic acid containing herbs in their sights next for the media and legislative blitz. Citrus aurantium (zhi ke and zhi shi) are up next after all things aristolochic. The Consumers Union is a rich and powerful force in the legislative arena. Too bad that they are not trying to expand American consumers' options to include Chinese medicine. Actually they are very Western medical science driven in their orientation. So in fact they are trying to limit consumers options to those that they view as appropriate. We are discussing the effects of " scientism " on another list as it effects the development of Chinese medicine. I believe that the Consumers Union is a major progenitor of scientism here in America. In gratitude, Emmanuel Segmen Chinese Medicine , greypal wrote: > Hi All, > NPR (National Public Radio) did a story on further herbs > " the dirty dozen " as being next in line on the banned list. > > Here is the website, > http://news.npr.org/ > look for " health and science " , > click on > " after ephedra, more supplements targeted for ban " > it's an audio clip, not a transcript. > I don't know how long this story will be online..... > > Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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