[Information4U] SPLENDA, MMS, FOOD HEALTH OUTLAWED, ASPARTAME AND MORE

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>Splenda, MMS, Food Health Info OUTLAWED Worldwide, Aspartame, GMO crops,

>passionfruit for asthmatics, UK ban on 6 artificial colors, anti-psychotic

>drug

>helps Alzheimers, Glaxo fights Paxel studies, 2.5M kids on anti-psychotics

>now,

>heart med testing info suppressed by Merck, cancer drug trials stopped when

>benefits shown, Concentrated Animal Feeding, beached whales

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>HOW TO GET YOUR SWEET FIX WITHOUT SABOTAGING YOUR HEALTH

>By Shane Ellison M. Sc., The People's Chemist, April 13, 2008

>

>If you could make one simple change in your diet to help you melt fat, sleep

>better, and improve your memory ... wouldn't you do it? What if that same

>simple dietary change could increase your energy, conquer depression, save

>your

>eyesight, restore your mental alertness, get your bedroom energy rockin', and

>increase your lifespan?

>

>This may sound too good to be true. But it's not. And you don't have to take

>drugs. Nor do you have to try some newfangled experimental supplements. Or

>stop eating. Or even give up the foods you love.

>

>It's as simple as reducing the amount of sugar you eat.

>

>This is not a trick. I said you don't have to give up the foods you love. And

>that includes sweets. You can actually give up sugar and keep your sweet

>tooth happy. This is the greatest health secret of all time. And I'm gonna

>teach

>you how to incorporate it into your life.

>

>Before I tell you how, I want you to know just why you should give up sugar

>

>It's not just because of all the aforementioned benefits. It's because sugar

>can have serious health consequences.

>

>Have you ever been plagued by hard-to-diagnose health problems? You know

>something is wrong, but your doctor can't seem to figure out what's

>causing them?

>You ...

>

>* can't lose weight, no matter how hard you exercise or diet

>* feel depressed, even though you're typically a happy person

>* can't get a solid night's sleep

>* feel sluggish at work

>* lack mental focus

>* have lost your libido

>* suffer from rising blood pressure

>

>Well, it's not all in your head. It could be your sugar addiction.

>

>My six-year-old can recite all the dangers of sucrose (table sugar) in a

>matter of two minutes. She can also warn you of the risks associated with

>those

>artificial sweeteners in pretty packets. And because she still likes to

>get her

> " sweet fix, " she can tell you which natural sweeteners are best to use in

>tea,

>cookies, and cake. Not bad, considering that the self-appointed custodians of

>our health - physicians - are totally clueless about the sweetener epidemic

>that is sabotaging us.

>

>If a first grader can master the problems with sugar and understand how to

>choose the right alternatives, you can too.

>

>We all have the need to get a sweet fix. It's part of our biological makeup

>When consumed, sweets elicit a chemical cascade of events that lead to the

>triggering of feel-good receptors within the brain. If this happens

>repeatedly,

>an emotional bond between happiness and sugar is formed. We become fully

>dependent on sweets.

>

>Sugar addiction is best illustrated by children who break down with temper

>tantrums if not given sugar, women who consume chocolate in times of

>stress, and

>men who suck down soda to make it through the " afternoon blues. " In a study

>comparing the addictive properties of sweeteners, saccharin and sucrose

>proved

>more addictive than cocaine!

>

>The irony is that your body doesn't actually need any sugar. What you do need

>is glucose for energy. And you can obtain it from fruit and vegetables.

>

>If left unchecked, an addiction to sweets spikes blood sugar and the

>fat-storing hormone insulin, disrupts satiety (causing users to overeat),

>and gives

>rise to age-accelerating molecules known as AGE products (advanced

>glycation end

>products). These aging molecules (not cholesterol) are responsible for

>causing wrinkles and age-related blindness, as well as premature heart

>attacks and

>stroke.

>

>Over time, " sweetener addiction " leads to the hard-to-diagnose symptoms

>listed above, and a host of dreaded diseases like insulin resistance, heart

>disease, diabetes, and cancer. To avoid the sabotage, you must understand

>how to get

>your sweet fix without becoming addicted.

>

>Years ago, people didn't eat much sugar - as little as 10-15 pounds per year.

>And their health was much better for it. As time passed and sugar production

>became easier, people gave into their sweet cravings and began to

>overindulge.

>Today, the average consumption of sugar is a whopping 160 pounds! It's

>suicide in slow motion. Sugar addicts eliminate a 11-20 years from their

>lifespan.

>

>Few people realize how much sugar they are putting into their body. They are

>simply giving into an addiction while slowly ruining their health. But that

>doesn't mean you should replace sucrose with artificial sweeteners to get

>your

>sweet fix. Artificial sweeteners are nothing more than drugs in disguise.

>Splenda is a perfect example.

>

>Splenda contains the drug sucralose. Invented in a pesticide lab, this

>chemical is 600 times sweeter than sugar. To make sucralose, chlorine is

>used.

>Chlorine has a split personality. It can be harmless or it can be life

>threatening.

>In combo with sodium, chlorine forms a harmless ionic bond to yield table

>salt. When used with carbon, the chlorine atom in sucralose forms a covalent

>bond. The end result is deadly organochlorine, known simply as RNFOC (a

>Really

>Nasty Form of Chlorine). Unlike ionic bonds, covalently bound chlorines

>are a big

>no-no for the human body. They yield insecticides, pesticides, and herbicides

>- not something you want in your sports drink or your child's lunchbox.

>

>Think aspartame (Equal, Nutrasweet) is safe? Think again. Teaching organic

>chemistry, I taught my students how to identify the active ingredients in

>soda

>using a technique known as TLC (Thin Layer Chromatography). The byproducts of

>sodas containing aspartame are all known poisons (that would slowly kill

>you):

>methanol, phenylalanine, and aspartic acid. I never saw my students with a

>diet soda after that.

>Safe alternatives to artificial sweeteners are abundant: erythritol, agave,

>xylitol and luo han guo.

>

>Choosing which natural sweetener to use depends on which one tastes best to

>you. Agave nectar usually wins. It stimulates taste buds exactly the same way

>sucrose does. But unlike common table sugar, very little of its active

>ingredient - inulin - is absorbed. Therefore, you are protected from the

>dangers of

>sugar addiction.

>

>As a " nectar, " agave is a bit harder to bake with. This is where the safe and

>natural erythritol wins. You can replace it gram for gram with sugar. Even

>better, I like to use 25% table sugar and 75% erythritol in baking and ice

>cream. You won’t even notice the healthy difference. That’s the real

>magic here!

>

>All natural sweeteners are known to help control appetite, keep insulin and

>blood sugar low, and prevent the formation of age accelerating molecules

>in our

>body. None of them are addicting, nor will they diminish your lifespan. They

>are perfect to use with my Hormone Intelligence Therapy (HIT) program for

>reversing diabetes, losing fat and feeling great in 90 days.

>

>Getting your sweet fix doesn't have to be deadly. If you learn to gauge your

>sugar intake with The People's Chemist Death by Sugar Calculator and start

>using natural sweeteners, you won't be plagued by hard-to-diagnose health

>problems. And you'll have more years to enjoy life and those you love.

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>http://www.orgoneproducts.org/mms.php

>

>MMS: Miracle Mineral Supplement- Jim Humble the inventor of MMS, was on a

>Gold mining expedition in Central America when a fellow miner was stricken

>with

>Malaria. The man was soon close to death, Jim gave the miner stabilized

>oxygen,

>which surprisingly brought the miner back to health. After the expedition Jim

>went on a two year odyssey to discover what made the Stabilized oxygen work?

>He found it was substance called chlorine dioxide. This discovery led Jim

>Humble to create MMS which is sodium chlorite. Sodium chlorite when

>activated by

>vinegar or lemon juice becomes chlorine dioxide. Jim Humble’s sodium

>chlorite

>formula was successfully used in Africa with 75,000 people helping rid

>them of

>Malaria, Aids, Cancer and Hepatitis.

>

>Jim Humble’s chronicles can be downloaded in two E-books at

>www.mineralmiracle.org. Anyone can be on toxic overload, signs are low

>energy, trouble keeping

>your weight down, insomnia, high or low blood pressure, extreme emotional

>states, anger, grief or apathy. The culprit most likely is a toxin in the

>form of

>a heavy metal, parasite, virus, bacteria or environmental pollutant. Rather

>than load you up with more pollutants- think Drugs, Chlorine dioxide only

>removes harmful contaminants.

>

>Chlorine Dioxide has 100 times more energy to do what oxygen normally does,

>and yet, will not harm healthy cells.

>

>Chlorine dioxide and chlorine are not the same. Chlorine is a chemical

>element. In ion form, chlorine is part of common salt and other compounds,

>and

>necessary to most forms of life, including human. A powerful oxidizing

>agent, it is

>the most abundant dissolved ion in ocean water, and readily combines with

>nearly every other element, including sodium to form salt crystals, and

>magnesium, as magnesium chloride.

>

>Chlorine dioxide is a chemical compound that consists of one chlorine ion

>bound to two ions of oxygen. Oxidizing agents are chemical compounds that

>readily

>accept electrons from “electron donors.†They gain electrons via chemical

>reaction. This is important because relative to chlorine dioxide, all

>pathogens

>are electron donors. Chlorine dioxide is extremely volatile. You might

>call it

>“hot tempered,†but in a very beneficial way. This volatility is a key

>factor in chlorine dioxide’s effectiveness as a pathogen destroyer.

>

>The compound is literally explosive; so explosive, it’s not safe to

>transport

>in any quantity. Therefore, it is common practice to generate chlorine

>dioxide “on site†at the point of use. Chlorine dioxide is approved by

>the

>Environmental Protection Agency in safely removing pathogens and

>contaminates like

>anthrax. So you know it must be effective. However, the concentrations

>used in

>such applications can vary from 500 to over 6,000 parts per million (ppm),

>which

>would clearly be deadly to an individual. Using the MMS protocol you will

>produce chlorine dioxide in the range of 1 ppm.

>

>You will use the MMS solution, which is safe to transport, to make nature’s

>harmless pathogen remover. The MMS solution is 28% sodium chlorite in

>distilled

>water. You can produce chlorine dioxide with a single drop, when an

>“activator

>†of vinegar, lemon juice, or a 10% solution of citric acid is added. The

>latter two activators are recommended for people with Lyme disease.

>“Applicationsâ€

>of chlorine dioxide range from 1 drop to a maximum of 15, except in life

>critical situations, where the maximum may be doubled. A “maintenance

>applicationâ€

>is six drops, with ¼ teaspoon of activator added. After adding the

>activator, the chemical reaction that turns sodium chlorite into chlorine

>dioxide takes

>only about three minutes. The activating ingredient in vinegar that makes the

>change possible is acetic acid. It also sets the stage for what happens when

>the chlorine dioxide ions enter the bloodstream. This weak acid acts like a

>blasting cap by lowering the pH of the chlorine dioxide, without setting

>it off.

>The natural pH of sodium chlorite is 13. Adding vinegar, lemon juice, or

>citric acid) creates about 3 mg of unstable but still harmless chlorine

>dioxide.

>

>Volatility is what makes chlorine dioxide so effective when it contacts

>pathogens. Chlorine dioxide’s extreme volatility prevents pathogens from

>developing

>a resistance. Mainly because when they “clash,†the pathogens no longer

>exist. Yet, healthy cells and beneficial bacteria are unaffected. While

>normal

>levels of oxygen in the blood cannot destroy all of the pathogens present

>under

>disease conditions, delivery of chlorine dioxide changes everything.

>

>When a chlorine dioxide ion contacts a harmful pathogen, it instantly rips up

>to five electrons from the pathogen, in what can be likened to a microscopic

>explosion… harmless to us, but terminal for pathogens. The pathogen

>electron donor ­ is rendered harmless due to the involuntary surren

>electrons to the chlorine dioxide ­ an electron acceptor ­ release of

>energy. Oxidized by the chlorine ion, the former pathogen becomes a

>harmless salt.

>

>Red blood cells that are normal carriers of oxygen throughout the body do not

>differentiate between chlorine dioxide and oxygen. Therefore, after ingesting

>the MMS/chlorine dioxide-rich solution, red blood cells pick up chlorine

>dioxide ions that are deposited on the stomach wall where it normally gathers

>nutrients of various kinds before journeying through the body.

>

>Then, when the red blood cells armed with chlorine dioxide encounter

>parasites, fungi, or diseased cells that all have low pH and a positive

>ionic charge,

>the “aliens†are destroyed along with the chlorine dioxide ion. If no

>such

>encounters occur, the chlorine dioxide will be carried to a point in the body

>where oxygen normally oxidizes poisons and other harmful agents. If the

>chlorine

>dioxide doesn’t hit anything that can set it off, it will deteriorate, and

>thus lose an electron or two. This may allow it to combine with a very

>important

>substance that the immune system uses to make hypochlorous acid. This

>compound kills pathogens, killer cells, and even cancerous cells.

>Hypochlorous acid

>is so important, its diminished presence in the body is described

>medically by

>the term myeloperoxidase deficiency.

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> > Food Health Information Outlawed World Wide - NewsGrabs 13 April 2008

> >

> > Health Supreme's NewsGrabs - a selection of contrary and underprivileged

> > news in health and a wide range of (mostly) related sectors. Find what

> trends

> > you may have missed - watch out for the weekly News Grabs.

> >

> > The theme this week is information about health properties of foods.

> > Governments are schizophrenic. On the one hand they preach we should

> eat well to

> > prevent heart trouble and cancer. On the other hand, they bow to

> pressure from

> > pharmaceutical manufacturers and outlaw any information that could even

> > suggest that a food is healthy in anything but a generic sense.

> Preventing illness?

> > No way. Healing? Forget about it. Only [pharma] medicine can prevent and

> > heal illness!

> >

> > European Commission moves goalposts on health claims

> > According to the UK-based Alliance for Natural Health, the European

> > Commission is signaling a potentially very restrictive attitude with

> regard to health

> > claims for foods and supplements. " Health claims " are snippets of

> > information that tell consumers that a food or a nutrient has certain

> positive health

> > benefits. While publicly professing the need for " empowering

> consumers " , the

> > Commission officials are proposing to clamp down on the information

> that can

> > be provided to extol the virtues of healthy foods and nutrients.

> >

> > Shifting health claim criteria may provoke legal challenge

> > " We have had legal advice that says the legal platform for the Health and

> > Nutrition Claims regulation is unbelievably shaky and this latest

> development

> > only amplifies that position, " he said. " The aim of the regulation is to

> > ensure consumers have high quality information and choice. The

> regulation is not

> > meeting its objectives and that may become significant in any legal

> > challenge. "

> >

> > European Referendum for Natural Remedies

> > The protection of our health is one of the most fundamental human

> rights and

> > yet, every year, millions of Europeans die from preventable health

> problems

> > like heart attacks, strokes and cancer. Scientific findings have shown

> that

> > these diseases (and many others) can be prevented using side-effect free

> > natural remedies. To date, over 10,000 studies have been published in the

> > scientific press and on the Internet demonstrating the vital importance

> of vitamins

> > and other natural remedies.

> >

> > However, laws are being introduced at national and European levels which

> > will ban free access to this vital health information and to

> non-patentable

> > natural remedies, such as vitamins.

> >

> > We appeal to all responsible politicians in the European Union to carry

> out

> > a 'Referendum for Natural Remedies' to guarantee every citizen in

> Europe the

> > right to free and unrestricted access to vitamin therapies and other

> natural

> > remedies.

> >

> > New Zealand Government Clamps Down on Health Information (Claims)

> > MedSafe have stated “It is illegal for dietary supplements to make

> claims

> > relating to any disease appearing in Schedule I of the Medicines Act

> (which

> > contains all known diseases)†You may be interested to note that

> Acne, Rosacea,

> > Psoriasis, Eczema have been added to the list of diseases only

> treatable by a

> > medical professional and toxic drugs.

> >

> > Schedule 1 essentially ensures that only pharmaceutical (toxic) medicines

> > are allowed to treat disease. This is a similar situation to when only men

> > could vote. The human race consists of two genders, both equally

> capable of

> > voting, but a law made by men of the time for men excluded women. When

> women stood

> > up and refused to accept this arbitrary and prejudicial law, it soon

> > collapsed.

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> > Passion fruit peel may ease breathing for asthmatics

> > A flavonoid-rich extract from purple passion fruit may ease wheezing

> amongst

> > asthmatics, suggest findings from a randomised, placebo-controlled,

> > double-blind trial.

> >

> > " As many patients are not able to tolerate the currently available

> > anti-asthmatic medications, a natural dietary supplement with low or no

> toxicity would

> > be an attractive candidate for further development. "

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > UK: Food agency calls for ban on six artificial colours

> > The Food Standards Agency recommended ministers call for manufacturers to

> > remove six artificial colours by the end of 2009 and lobby for a European

> > Union-wide ban. The FSA's advice to parents will be strengthened to

> warn them

> > about the dangers of the E-numbers tartrazine (E102), quinoline yellow

> (E104),

> > sunset yellow (E110), carmoisine (E122), ponceau 4R (E124) and allura red

> > (E129).

> >

> > These colours and the preservative sodium benzoate (E211) were linked to

> > hyperactivity in a £750,000 study by Southampton University, which

> found they

> > made primary school children become distracted and fail a computer

> attention

> > test.

>

>And when are we going to see a repeal of the utterly stupid system of coding

>additives with so-called E

> > >> numbers which only makes it more difficult to know what we're

> eating? If

> >> you live in Europe, you've got to learn a whole lot of numbers by heart

> >> these days to even find out what's in your food and drink!

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>The Aspartame/Nutrasweet Fiasco: FDA approved Aspartame despite proof of

>toxicity

>In October 1980 the Public Board of Inquiry (PBOI) impaneled by the FDA to

>evaluate aspartame safety found that the chemical caused an unacceptable

>level

>of brain tumors in animal testing. Based on this fact, the PBOI ruled that

>aspartame should not be added to the food supply.

>

>Aspartame Can Mess Up Your Body and Brain

> " It was seen that aspartame disturbs amino acid metabolism, protein structure

>and metabolism, integrity of nucleic acids [which are the building blocks of

>DNA], neuronal function, endocrine [hormonal] balances, and changes in the

>brain concentrations of catecholamines [brain chemicals such as

>noradrenaline and

>dopamine that can affect, among other things, mood].

> " It was also reported that aspartame and its breakdown products cause nerves

>to fire excessively, which indirectly causes a very high rate of neuron

>depolarization [which basically means aspartame has the capacity to

>'excite' nerve

>cells].

>

>The World According to Monsanto

>On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television (ARTE –

>French-German cultural tv channel) by French journalist and film maker

>Marie-Monique

>Robin, The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't

>ever see. The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to

>destroy the

>agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years.

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>Expert Predicts GM Crops Will Soon be Obsolete

> " The United States has lost millions of dollars in exports (due to the

>rejection of GM crops in Europe), " said Kimbrell. Resistance to GMOs in these

>markets also stopped the development of GM wheat and rice. He also said

>that the

>science underlying genetic engineering is obsolete, and that genetic

>engineers

>have not been able to develop any other GM traits besides herbicide

>resistance

>and built-in pesticides. " They can't develop other things, " he said. Finally,

>Kimbrell said the anti-GMO movement will stop the technology. " We will put

>pressure on companies that buy GM sugar beets. There is no way this

>industry can

>survive. "

>

>Unintended GMO Health Risks

>In 1992, the Food and Drug Administration claimed that they had no

>information showing that GM foods were substantially different from

>conventionally grown

>foods and therefore were safe to eat. But internal memos made public by a

>lawsuit reveal that their position was staged by political appointees under

>orders from the White House to promote GMOs. FDA scientists, on the other

>hand,

>warned that GMOs can create unpredictable, hard-to-detect side effects,

>including

>allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged long

>term safety studies, but were ignored.

>

>North American Farmers' Experience with GMOs

> > Promotion of GMOs as allowing farmers to grow “high-quality food

> profitablyâ€

> > , in an “environmentally sensitive wayâ€, and to attain “high

> yields while

> > using less herbicide†sounds more and more fraudulent.

> > GM varieties are not " high quality " - 99 per cent of GM crops are either

> > herbicide tolerant or produce a bacterial toxin (BT), neither can the

> > application of herbicides be described as " environmentally sensitive " .

> There is also no

> > evidence that GM crops produce more than their traditional ancestors - the

> > opposite is true if anything.

> > When is someone going to sue Monsanto & Co for fraudulent promotion?

>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>MERCURY FILLINGS BANNED IN NORWAY

>The Townsend Letter, a well-known journal for holistic medicine

>practitioners, announced recently in 2008 that mercury has been banned

>from all dental

>fillings in Norway. From the beginning of this year dentists in Norway

>have to

>start using safer alternatives. The ban goes further than amalgam fillings,

>covering many other products; including measuring instruments such as

>thermometers

>and sphygmomanometers for measuring blood pressure.

>Norway has always been a leader in banning mercury, one of the worst

>neurotoxins known to man. Norway had previously restricted the use of amalgam

>fillings, especially in children and pregnant and nursing women, but is

>the first in

>the world to enforce a complete ban.

>

>Medicine Mix-Ups Harm Hospitalized Kids

> " These data and the Dennis Quaid episode are telling us that ... these kinds

>of errors and experiencing harm as a result of your health care is much more

>common than people believe. It's very concerning, " said Dr. Charles Homer of

>the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality. His group helped

>develop the detection tool used in the study.

>Researchers found a rate of 11 drug-related harmful events for every 100

>hospitalized children. That compares with an earlier estimate of two per 100

>hospitalized children, based on traditional detection methods. The rate

>reflects

>the fact that some children experienced more than one drug treatment mistake.

>

>2.5 Million American Kids On Antipsychotics, Six-Month Old Diagnosed With

>ADHD

>So a child was diagnosed with ADHD in the US at about six months of age? How?

>By whom? Based on what? How could a child that young be diagnosed with any

>psychiatric disorder? This simply makes no sense whatsoever. Who the hell are

>these doctors making these diagnoses and writing these scripts?

>

>Tranquillisers putting children's lives at risk

>David Healy, professor of psychological medicine at Cardiff University, says

>the drugs may cause heart, circulation and breathing problems. " There is a

>real question over whether the drugs can kill for a number of reasons. One is

>that all anti-psychotics act on [the brain chemical] dopamine. " He said

>dopamine

>was known to have a role in cardiovascular regulation. A number of

>children in

>the US, given stimulants - which also act on the dopamine system - after

>being diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), have

>suddenly died, said Healy.

>

>Anti-psychotics may speed Alzheimer's decline

>Anti-psychotic drugs frequently used in nursing homes to treat aggression in

>Alzheimer's patients don't provide any benefit and seem to lead to a marked

>decline in verbal ability, a report says.

>The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors in 2005 that some

>anti-psychotic drugs could increase the risk of death when given to older

>patients in

>nursing homes.

>

>Portland doc flips on big pharma and reveals its “dirty little secret.â€

>“The practice of drug companies paying doctors to be their spokespeople is

>extremely problematic, because it creates a financial incentive for the

>physicians to intentionally be deceptive in their lectures to other

>doctors,†says

>Daniel Carlat, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts

>University

>School of Medicine. “It provides incentives to tweak the data to tell only

>part of the truth,†Carlat says.

>

>Drugmakers To Spend $1B On Direct Marketing

> > As if there wasn't enough viagra and other " direct marketing " pharma drug

> > spam in our mailboxes already.

>

>Glaxo Fights Against Public Paxil Trials

>.. the Administration has spent a massive amount of tax dollars filing

>amicus briefs on behalf of just about every drug maker involved in

>litigation in an

>attempt to get the lawsuits filed by private citizens thrown out of court.

>The government claims that, once a drug and the warnings on its label are

>approved by the FDA, claims alleging injuries caused by a company's

>failure to warn

>about a risk not listed on the label

>are preempted.

>The Bush Administration says preemption applies even when a company

>(1) continues to sell a drug when a risk is known;

>(2) fails to warn when new risks are discovered;

>(3) fails to send letters notifying prescribing doctors of a known risk, and

>(4) fails to disclose a known risk to the FDA during the approval process, or

>anytime for that matter.

>If Americans realized what was happening, there is no way they would approve

>of their tax dollars being spent to help the richest industry on the planet

>deprive fellow citizens of their right to a jury trial.

>

>Heart Drug Trial Information Suppressed by Merck and Schering

>A heavily promoted heart drug endorsed by the National Institute for Health

>and Clinical Excellence (NICE) may be worthless, according to a newly

>published

>trial.

>Ezetimibe (Ezetrol) was recommended by NICE last year for patients with

>inherited high cholesterol, to be used in conjunction with a statin drug

>such as

>simvastatin. But results published in the New England Journal of Medicine and

>presented yesterday at the American College of Cardiology annual scientific

>session in Chicago show that it may add nothing to the effectiveness of the

>statin.

>

>Cancer Trials Stopped Early For The Wrong Reason

>Researchers have discovered a sharp increase in the number of studies that

>are terminated early and argue that drugmakers are halting trials whenever

>benefits are discovered - and use the premature results as the basis for

>license

>applications. As a result, the researchers claim, drugs that are hailed as

>breakthroughs could be of less benefit or even cause more harm, the paper

>writes.

>A team from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, in Milan,

>Italy, found that of 14 trials stopped early between 2005 and 2007, 11 were

>used to support a license application.

>Giovanni Apolone, maintained that " this suggests a commercial component in

>stopping trials prematurely... "

>

>Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Why You Should Care

>CAFOs are said to be an efficient cost effective farming system; (if one

>ignores the cost to the environment, animals living in unnatural conditions,

>potential for pollution and possible human health concerns). They are

>necessary

>only as long as we demand large amounts of grain fed meat, dairy and eggs. If

>cheap food is the only priority, they meet the challenge. Most consumers

>happily

>hunt for bargains never questioning the production practices that made the

>bargains, bargains.

>So really, consumers asked for CAFOs, they wanted cheap food, and they

>weren't all that concerned where it came from. If that idea bothers you,

>start

>learning about how food is produced, where and by whom. Farmers will

>operate CAFOs

>only as long as consumers choose to buy what the CAFO produces.

>

>Navy sonar blamed for death of beaked whales found washed up in the Hebrides

>The main suspect in the case is sonar, as it is known that beaked whales are

>highly sensitive to the powerful sound waves used by all the world's

>navies to

>locate underwater objects such as submarines.

>Groups of beaked whales have been killed, with sonar suspected as the direct

>cause, several times in recent years; well-documented incidents include

>anti-submarine exercises in Greece in 1996, the Bahamas in 2000 and the

>Canary

>Islands in 2002. In 2003, an American judge banned the US Navy from

>testing a new

>sonar after a court case brought by environmentalists to protect marine life.

>

>Drug research: To test or to tout?

>Allen Jones knew the instant he was destined to be a whistle-blower. He says

>it was when his boss told him: " Quit being a salmon. Quit swimming against

>the

>stream with the pharmaceutical case. "

> " They got expert opinion to be the deciding factor, " Jones said in an

>interview. " Essentially, the drug companies could pay people to say what

>the drug

>companies could not claim themselves, " namely that they were superior to the

>older generation of antipsychotics.

 

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