TCM - further herb ban - Consumer's Union

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The Consumer's Union and the Center For Science in the Public Interest are

both mouthpieces for big Pharma and MEdicine, and always have been, with

Consumers being the PR group and CSPI doing legislative work. " Science " will

answer

all, they posit. Of course it is " their " science.

David Molony

 

In a message dated 4/3/04 6:06:13 AM, attiliodalberto writes:

 

 

> Ahhh, now it seems were getting to the root of the problem in the

> US, with the consumer's union. Has anyone got any more info on this

> organisation? Or any method of tackling it?

>

> Attilio

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> " Emmanuel Segmen " <susegmen@i...> wrote:

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> 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.  been removed]

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