Codex; GM Foods; Vaccine Cover Up; Attack on Vitamins; Anthroposophic Medicine;

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Index:

1) Urgent! Immediate Action needed re CODEX (conference taking place this

week)

2) Send A Message to PBS Frontline: End The Vaccine Cover Up!

3) GMO Workshop poster - Vancouver

4) ACTION: Sneak Attack on Vitamins!

5) ACTION: Save Anthroposophic Medicine, Biodynamic Foods - Last 75.000

Signatures Needed.- (All countries can sign)

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1) Urgent! Immediate Action needed re CODEX (conference taking place this

week)

 

 

Tell the Minister of Health that Canada must support the right of

countries to label genetically modified (GM) foods. Send a letter

instantly from _http://www.cban.ca/labelingaction_

(http://www.cban.ca/labelingaction)

 

Canada could work to shut down negotiations on GM labeling at the UN Codex

meeting next week in Quebec City.

 

May 3-7, governments will negotiate food labeling standards at the UN

Codex meeting, including recommendations on GM labeling. The US is trying to

stop the negotiations from continuing, and Canada may also try to end the

negotiations.

 

 

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:21:48 +0100

cdsapi <cdsapi

 

 

Please forward this message far and wide!

 

Extremely URGENT! Please do not ignore this GMO threat!

 

 

Inge?s Added Comment: Although the message below addresses the American

position, Canadians ? please take action too!! The Canadian government is

taking the same position as the USA government, and is also applying

pressure at the G8, G20, CODEX and other international meetings, to try to

force

ALL countries to accept Genetically Engineered foods -- and to make it

impossible for consumers or farmers to avoid them. Therefore they are

insisting

that labeling be forbidden ? claiming that this would be ?discriminatory?

against GMOs. They are demanding that international laws be formulated

that make ?knowing what you are eating? a felony!

 

Considering that we now know that animals and people fed GMO foods develop

very serious health problems, including organ damage, allergies, metabolic

disturbances, abnormal growth and development patterns, sterility and

infertility, etc., the claim that GMOs are ?substantially equivalent? to

non-GMOs? is a bold-faced lie and and extremely dangerous.

 

As consumers, WE MUST CLAIM OUR RIGHT to know what we are eating, to be

able to choose what we are eating, and to be able to avoid what we do not

want to eat, and to be protected from foods that are inherently toxic and

health destructive..

 

This is an extremely serious issue. This affects everyone who eats!

Therefore it affects ALL of you and your families and children.

Protect your health!

Prevent these laws from ever being passed.

Make your voice heard ? until they listen!

Once and for all, we have to make our governments understand that we are

not going to permit any mega monopolistic multinational Corporations dictate

the parameters for our lives according to THEIR ?commercial demands?? and

especially not when they operate without principles, without morals or

ethics, willing to SACRIFICE people for profit.

Our country belongs to its citizens - not to corporations that have no

loyalty to any country but want to dominate all countries.

Citizens Demand Scientific, Academic and Political Integrity

 

Forwarded message:

 

Action Alert ? Protect Your Right to Know Which Foods Contain GMOs

 

Please send this URGENT message to U.S. Government leaders to protect your

right to know which foods are made from genetically modified organisms

(GMOs). _Click and send an email today_

(http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/CodexConference/index.cf\

m) to the Secretaries of State

(Clinton), Agriculture (Vilsack), and Health and Human Services (Sebelius).

Please try to do this before Wednesday, May 5th, but don?t stop until they

come around.

 

They must stop U.S. negotiators at an international (Codex) conference

from May 3-7, from pushing an agenda that could make it difficult for anyone,

anywhere in the world to label foods as genetically modified (GM) ? or even

make non-GMO claims on their product?s label.

 

The U.S. is taking the ridiculous and unscientific position that GMOs are

not different from conventional foods, claiming labels that say GMO or

non-GMO are misleading.

 

If they succeed at the meeting, the U.S. may then file lawsuits through

the World Trade Organization against any country that implements mandatory

labeling of GMOs, or even allows non-GMO claims on packages.

 

This Is a Grave Threat to the Non-GMO Tipping Point ? We Must Push Back

Now!

 

The growing evidence and concern about health dangers of GMOs is making

waves. A renowned US Medical organization (American Academy of Environmental

Medicine) called on doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for all patients.

Consumers are seeking non-GMO brands, and the fastest growing claim among

store brands in 2009 was ?GMO-Free? (Neilson Survey). The trade journal

Supermarket News predicts GMO concerns will erupt this year, specifically

because

consumers are now given choices by the new _Non-GMO Shopping Guide website_

(http://www.nongmoshoppingguide.com/SG/Home/index.cfm) and the Non-GMO

Project?s third-party verified standard for making non-GMO claims.

 

Most Americans (53%) say they would avoid GMOs if they were labeled. But

even 5% would likely be enough to create a tipping point of consumer

rejection, forcing all GM ingredients out of our food supply.

 

We can see the tipping point just over the horizon, but it is now

threatened by the US position at Codex.

 

Tell our government leaders that you will not stand for this outrageous

obstruction of our democracy and human rights. Demand that the U.S. support

the right for countries everywhere to label GMOs. And remind them that 9

out of 10 Americans want mandatory GMO labeling, and that President Obama

actually made a campaign pledge to implement it ? which are all waiting for.

 

Send an email today

 

_http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/CodexConference/inde

x.cfm_

(http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/CodexConference/index.cf\

m)

 

This email was sent by _The Institute for Responsible Technology_

(http://www.seedsofdeception.com/) ,

located at PO Box 469 -

- Fairfield, IA 52556

- United States of America.

 

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The letter on the website

_http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/CodexConference/index.cf\

m_

(http://www.responsibletechnology.org/GMFree/TakeAction/CodexConference/index.cf\

m)

reads as follows. You can also draft your own.

The website makes it easy for you to voice your concerns ? please take the

time to act and send an avalanche of emails and letters.

Please note the documented health risks.

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Dear Secretary Vilsack, Secretary Clinton, and Secretary Sebelius (via

Barbara Schneeman):

 

We urge you to change the proposed U.S. position on labeling foods with

genetically modified (GM) ingredients, being circulated in advance of the May

3-7, 2010 meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Labeling in Quebec.

 

It is anti-democratic, anti-consumer, anti-business, unscientific, and

contradicts FDA and USDA domestic labeling policy. It also interferes with my

right to choose food made without genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

 

Although an existing Codex document states that countries can adopt

different approaches to labeling of GM foods, the US position crafted by the

FDA

and the USDA challenges that. It states that Codex should not ?suggest or

imply that GM/GE foods are in any way different from other foods,? and that

mandatory labeling of food as GM ?is likely to create the impression that

the labeled food is in some way different? and would therefore be ?false,

misleading or deceptive.?

 

If this were established as a new Codex precedent, it would allow the U.S.

to file WTO challenges against countries with mandatory labeling and make

it difficult to label food as non-GMO within the U.S. Both are unacceptable.

 

Americans want mandatory labeling of GMOs?9 out of 10 of us!

 

President Obama, while campaigning in Iowa, pledged that he would require

mandatory labeling of GMOs.

 

While we wait (impatiently) for that pledge to be fulfilled, food

companies are meeting the demands of consumers by voluntarily labeling products

as

Non-GMO. In fact, this was the fastest growing product claim for store

brands in 2009 (Neilson Survey). In addition, thousands of products were

recently enrolled in the Non-GMO Project, a 3rd party verification program with

a

uniform, consensus-based definition of non-GMO.

 

GMOs ARE different, and unsafe!

 

The U.S. position that GMOs are not different was derived from official

FDA policy (1992). Although it boldly claimed that the agency was unaware of

any information showing that GMOs were different in any meaningful or

uniform way, this has been exposed as a lie. Thousands of secret FDA documents

were made public by a 1998 lawsuit, revealing that the actual overwhelming

consensus among agency scientists was that ?the processes of genetic

engineering and traditional breeding are different, and according to the

technical

experts in the agency, they lead to different risks.? The various

departments outlined those risks, including allergies, toxins, new antibiotic

resistant diseases, and nutritional problems. They had repeatedly urged their

superiors to require comprehensive safety studies, including human trials,

before any GMO was released to the public.

 

But the 1991 White House had instructed the FDA to promote GMOs, and the

political appointees in charge ignored and even denied the science and the

scientists. They allow GMOs on the market without any required tests or

labels.

 

Now, 18 years later, evidence validates the FDA scientists? concerns.

Based on animal feeding study results, the American Academy of Environmental

Medicine (AAEM) states, ?There is more than a casual association between GM

foods and adverse health effects. There is causation?? They cite disorders

such as infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, faulty insulin

regulation, and organ damage and gastrointestinal problems. The AAEM urged all

doctors to prescribe non-GMO diets for everyone. They also called upon the

government to impose an immediate moratorium, and demanded mandatory

labeling. They are just one of numerous organizations and experts worldwide

that

draw the same conclusions.

 

We demand that you withdraw the unjustified position of the U.S., which:

* Obstructs the rights and desires of consumers;

* Blocks the publicly stated intention of the President of the

United States;

* Contradicts existing U.S. policies, which allow voluntary labeling

of GMOs;

* Interferes with an industry-wide collaborative effort of

retailers, manufacturers, distributors, processors, and farmers, for providing

verified non-GMO products;

* Ignores the overwhelming evidence showing that GMOs are unsafe;

* Disregards the advice of medical professionals; and

* Puts people everywhere at risk.

 

 

If you are still unconvinced that GMOs are different, ask the animals.

Eyewitness reports on four continents show that when given a choice, numerous

species avoid genetically modified feed. These include pigs, cows, geese,

elk, deer, raccoons, mice, rats, squirrels, chickens, and buffalo. We humans

don?t have that sense. We need labels.

 

For more information on the health dangers of GMOs, see

_www.ResponsibleTechnology.org_ (http://www.responsibletechnology.org/) .

 

Safe eating.

 

Most sincerely,

 

 

 

 

2) Send A Message to PBS Frontline: End The Vaccine Cover Up!

 

 

The Pulse of Natural Health, May 4, 2010

_Send A Message To PBS Frontline! What Frontline Covered Up In Their

Biased Report On ?The Vaccine War?_

(http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=QKlzBiEwZh3UQlQo6BefdA..)

 

Dr. Jay Gordon is an accomplished pediatrician, author, and teacher. He is

in no sense a vaccine radical. He would simply like to see a reasonable

number of shots with safe ingredients spaced out over time. PBS interviewed

him at length but then dropped every bit of the interview in order to

portray all vaccine critics as mindless foes of ?science?, an outright lie.

Keep

in mind that public television receives major financial support from drug

and related companies.

 

Please read Dr Gordon?s response to PBS?s Frontline and _join us_

(http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=TeRihrlDSIe3QJFLb1rWQw..) in our demand that

the

show accurately and honestly present the views of Dr. Jay Gordon on their

website.

 

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(copyright by the Alliance for Natural Health USA, 2010) but we hope you will

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note the source and date -- Alliance for Natural Health USA, May 4, 2010.

 

_Send a Message to PBS Frontline_

(http://aahf.convio.net/site/R?i=6cyy3zIkZv887ObYiTqM0A..)

 

Here is another example and way to access PBS

 

Tue, 04 May 2010 15:42:36 -0700

Sheri Nakken <vaccinedangers

((((ACTION ALERT)))) Ombudsman - PBS's Frontline Vaccination Sham

 

 

from Marsha

 

((((ACTION ALERT))))

 

" Here's the link to the Ombudsman for PBS. Please take action & encourage

everyone you know to do the same. Let them know how disgraceful it was that

our Vaccine medical professionals were cut from the program & how

disgraceful it was that vaccine injured children were not aired but a child

with

Pertussis was. How about a child who now has uncontrolled seizures as result

of a vaccine? "

 

_http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/

 

 

_ (http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/) Sheri Nakken, R.N., MA, Hahnemannian

Homeopath

Vaccination Information & Choice Network, Washington State, USA

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3) GMO Workshop poster - Vancouver

 

Sun, 02 May 2010 15:22:16 +0100

cdsapi <cdsapi

 

If you intend to attend, please let April Reeves know via her email listed

in the announcement.

 

here is power and strength in numbers. And this GMO food issue involves

all of us.

Hope to see you all there. i.h.

 

_GMO_

(http://http//gefreebc.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/gmo-workshop-poster.jpg) _

Workshop poster - please spread!_

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SOCIETY FOR G.E. FREE B.C.

 

Wednesday May 12 2010

Place: Vancouver, Unitarian Church Oak Street & 49th Avenue

Time: 7-9pm

Host: Society for a GE Free BC

 

Come out and meet like-minded people!

 

GE Free BC is hosting a 2 hour workshop to organize Activists into

Action-Takers! GMO Activists from all over will be here: some have spent a

decade

in GE work!

 

If you ever wanted to make a difference and a contribution now is your

chance - ask questions and discuss strategies! Lots will be accomplished,

thanks to you!

 

Email April Reeves, Director of GE Free BC at:

_aprilreeves_ (aprilreeves)

or send a reply at the GE Free Facebook page or the GE Free BC blog:

getreebc.wordpress.com

See you all there!

 

April Reeves, Director, GE Free BC

 

See poster at:

 

_

 

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4) ACTION: Sneak Attack on Vitamins!

 

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:15:10 -0500

Elwood Richard <elwood.richard

 

Advocacy Update, Employee Newsletter, May 2010

 

If you've been watching or reading the news, you probably know that

Congress is working on a financial reform bill. New regulations will govern

Wall

Street and the financial sector. This recently passed the U.S. House of

Representatives and a companion bill is being debated in the Senate. But you

should know about a disturbing part of the approved House bill that is a real

concern.

 

The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009? (House bill

H.R.4173), includes a 'Trojan Horse' reportedly inserted by U.S. Congressman

Henry Waxman (D-CA), a long-time critic of the dietary supplement industry.

In essence, it gives the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) almost unlimited

new powers to arbitrarily regulate consumer claims and advertising,

including those that are completely unrelated to banking and investments.

 

This broad new authority could be used to get around the Dietary

Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), the legislation governing dietary

supplement regulation by the FDA that protects public access to these products.

DSHEA regulates both dietary supplement label claims and advertising,

including Internet pages. Under DSHEA, product labels/claims must follow

federal

regulations and be accurate and not misleading.

 

With this power the FTC would no longer be banned from unilaterally

superimposing tough new rules for dietary supplement product labels and ads.

For

example, the FTC has sought to make companies prove safety and efficacy by

requiring that each product have at least 2 randomized human clinical

trials utilizing that product in order to make a claim. Since manufacturers use

standardized and branded ingredients which have themselves been proven in

such trials, this proposed new standard poses serious threats to

manufacturers? ability to make almost any label claims and to successfully

introduce

new products. This would seriously interfere with the ability to make

truthful, accurate claims about natural products? known benefits related to

supporting healthy body structures and processes but is completely unrelated to

banking reform.

 

Please contact your U.S. senators to request that they oppose broad new

powers for the FTC in the financial reform bill. The Senate version is called

the ?Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010? (S.3217). S.3217

does not yet contain the FTC language, but there are reports that an

amendment will add that into the Senate bill. This sneaky and misguided

legislation will result in consumers being unable to be told the honest

benefits of

dietary supplements, effectively crippling their sales.

 

ACT NOW by going to _www.csofh.org_ (http://www.csofh.org/) or

_www.anh-usa.org_ (http://www.anh-usa.org/) .

 

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5) ACTION: Save Anthroposophic Medicine, Biodynamic Foods - Last 75.000

Signatures Needed.- (All countries can sign)

 

 

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:10:09 +0200

michaela.gloeckler

925,000 signatures attained - We need your help for the last

75.000 signatures!

 

One individual

does not help,

but rather

those who unite

with many at the right time.

 

Goethe

 

 

Dear friends of campaign ELIANT (European Alliance of Initiatives for

Applied Anthroposophy)

 

 

We now need only 75,000 EU signatures more to reach one million

 

Please help us to collect these last, vital signatures!

By mid-June we want to submit the signatures to the EU Commission in

Brussels.

The _ELIANT petition campaign_

(http://e-ol.emailpro.nl/url.php?link=MVnkd2nsC8NTkMRbyic0nMHSJzDJJl4u1TedF+Yla4\

s= & sh=H+8QdtHv2d23z+USNAYSY/P5nKPj/XuAKvp

LhVenOuE=) has almost successfully achieved its goal.

The best way to help us now, is:

* In the coming weeks please find further possible signatories in

clubs, associations, and at events; signature lists can be downloaded at

_www.eliant.eu_

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* Please consider which email lists and networks you know that have

not yet been asked for their signatures, and forward an email to them with

a small personal note or comment.

* Publicize our new ELIANT campaign page on _facebook_

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information and pictures with a link to online signing.

 

We will be very pleased to help you with all practical questions. Please

talk to us or send us an email, to: info; or fax: 0049 7621 168

1863

 

With warm thanks and greetings

On behalf of the ELIANT Alliance Core members

 

Andreas Biesantz PhD, Jurgen Erdmenger LL.D., Nikolai Fuchs, Michaela

Glockler MD, Thomas Ging, Gunther Schulz, Heike Sommer, Christof Wiechert

 

Contact:

Action ELIANT

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Germany

 

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