Pulse of Health Freedom - March 17, 2009

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Good news! And help needed on other issues! March 17, 2009________Click here to Subscribe _______Congress Moves to Ban BPA from Food and Beverage ContainersCongress has announced legislation to establish a federal ban on bisphenol A in all food and beverage containers. Sunoco is refusing to sell BPA to companies for use in food and water containers for children, and six baby bottle manufacturers, including Playtex and Gerber, say they’ll stop using BPA. Is the world finally seeing the light about this toxic chemical?Re-importing US Drugs from Foreign Countries a Good Idea, Says Obama's Healthcare Reform TeamSen. Byron Dorgan has introduced the Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act, which allows for the re-importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other countries. Re-importing the same drugs that American manufacturers have produced for other countries is still less expensive than buying them at current US prices.Help Save P5P (the Natural and Bio-available Form of Vitamin B-6) -- (Action Alert Inside)The FDA is considering a petition to ban a natural vitamin supplement called P5P, because a pharmaceutical manufacturer fears that a synthetic drug it makes that works similarly could be overshadowed by the natural vitamin. The elimination of P5P could make people who have difficulty converting vitamin B-6 in their bodies entirely dependent on the drugs—and thus the drug manufacturers—for their survival.B Vitamin Bill In North CarolinaVitamin B12 and folic acid, if taken by women before they become pregnant, can dramatically cut their risk of having a baby with a serious brain and spinal cord birth defect. Now the NC General Assembly is considering a bill to distribute multivitamins with folic acid to low-income women of childbearing age through local health departments, community health centers, and rural and migrant health centers. Why Does the FDA Maintain a Conspiracy of Silence about the Health Benefits of Vitamin D?British researchers have found that vitamin D may help slow aging, decrease the severity of Alzheimer’s Disease, heart disease, and cancer, whereas a lack of vitamin D has has been linked to multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Why don’t we hear more about this supplement?________Thank you for reading AAHF's Pulse on Health Freedom. Sharing our newsletter and alerts with others helps to build our advocate community. That kind of networking has allowed AAHF to send hundreds of thousands of petitions and letters to Congress, State Legislatures, and the FDA.To ensure that we can continue to defend health freedom with these types of campaigns, and so that we can expand our efforts in order to create the biggest impact possible, we need your financial support. Please consider joining AAHF today for as little as $25. This will help to keep our issues in the forefront with decision makers.________AAHF Pulse of Health FreedomThis newsletter is copyrighted material (copyright by American Association for Health Freedom, 2009) but we hope you will forward, copy, or reprint it without prior authorization. Just remember to note the source and date -- American Association for Health Freedom, March 17, 2009.