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Assemblyman wants cigarette-like warnings on soda
NYPost ^ | February 9, 2015

Posted on 02/15/2015 3:25:23 AM PST by SMGFan

A can of Coke could soon look like a pack of Marlboros, if one Bronx lawmaker has his way.

Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz has introduced the “Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Safety Warning Act” — which would require tobacco-style health- warning labels on all sugary drinks, such a cola, iced tea and energy drinks.

The labels would read: “SAFETY WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar contributes to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bronx; jeffdinowitz; nannystate; newyork; newyorkcity; pop; sodatax; sodawars
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To: SMGFan

Soft drinks aren’t sweetened with sugar. It’s HFCS, and no politician will say that it is bad because HFCS is in EVERYTHING and it has a strong lobby.


21 posted on 02/15/2015 5:15:42 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: SMGFan

We need cigarette - like warnings on election ballots. Some of these politicians are cancers to society.


22 posted on 02/15/2015 5:31:04 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: SMGFan

I’m all for it! We need to put these warnings on everything that might possibly be harmful in some greenie or some bureaucrat’s mind. When they are ubiquitous they will totally cease to have any efficacy at all. They will just be part of the decoration of the packaging.


23 posted on 02/15/2015 5:48:02 AM PST by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: Tax-chick

What about warnings on cake mixes, sugar, candy, pizza, bread, booze, they all cause health issues if consumed in to great a quantity.

I am more worried about the following as I have been the victim of it. My quality of life has declined to the point I am ready for a wheelchair. All because of side effect riddled drugs. And doctors who don’t know and don’t tell you the truth about them. Or don’t give a rats behind as they are peddling them for the drug companies.

WARNING: doctors pills will damage your health and or KILL YOU! I’ve had the very displeasure of being treated with the HRT, OA and Fosamax. After years of torture by the drugs which doctors don’t know the side effects of I now question and research each one now. My Friday doctor visit will come with a OP drug script. As my bones are NOW in the -4 OP range. Despite a boat load of bone vitamins and minerals taken daily.

NO attempt has been made to ween me off the bone destroying Nexium. 80 mg per day. You can not just cold turkey these drugs, they have to be slowly reduced. Or you get GERD REBOUND even worse.

How about that warning Black Box Warning label being placed on Doctors doors and all meds?

HRT & OA drugs lead to GERD. Leads to Barrett’s Esophagus and other GI issues. Nexium and other PPI’S, drugs lead to brittle bones Osteoporosis as you can never seem to get weened off them. Now come the HORRID OP drugs which all carry big FDA warnings on them. Including the famous Black Box warning.

Foreto Black Box warnings (especially if you have a thyroid condition)
http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoporosis/c/73/2677/forteo-risks/

FDA ALERT RECLAST higher risk of Kidney Failure and A Fib. NOT to be given to Asthma Patients!
http://www.natap.org/2011/newsUpdates/090911_03.htm

Reclast UPS kidney failure, A FIB risk. (Web MD is a unofficial arm of the FDA)
http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/news/20110901/fda-osteoporsis-drug_ups-kidney-failure-risk

Safety update for osteoporosis drugs, bisphosphonates, and atypical fractures Information for Healthcare Professionals: Bisphosphonates (marketed as Actonel, Actonel+Ca, Aredia, Boniva, Didronel, Fosamax, Fosamax+D, Reclast, Skelid, and Zometa)
http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/drugsafetypodcasts/ucm229800.htm

This means All of the ENTIRE class of Osteoporosis drugs. Including the 2 new ones in the development stage.

romosozumab
http://saveourbones.com/big-pharma-admits-failure-shocking-new-osteoporosis-drug-conflict-of-interest-osteoporosis-drug-pulled-from-market-and-more/

During clinical trials, the most common side effects were nausea, diarrhea, headaches and skin irritation. Other quite dangerous but fortunately less commonly reported side-effects were blood clots, fainting, memory troubles and, in rare cases, seizures.”
MONTHLY

odanacatib weekly
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/832009

However, small increases in numbers of serious adverse effects, including stroke, atrial fibrillation, and atypical fractures, remain a concern.

This is a new Elipsey drug, used not only for that purpose but Fibromyalgia (FMS) It’s new to the market and already has a FDA warning on it


NEW TO MARKET
Savella http://www.rxlist.com/savella-side-effects-drug-center.htm

Savella Warnings
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/ucm203615.htm


And if you Love your kids AVOID the Gardasil vaccine at all cost. Gardasil 9 was just approved by the FDA.

Gardasil
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/11/hpv-vaccine-cited-in-infertility-case/?page=all

Law suits
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/11/hpv-vaccine-cited-in-infertility-case/?page=all

US Courts order $6 MILLION TO Gardasil Victims http://www.vaccineeducation.org/gardasil.htm

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/31/us-court-pays-6-million-gardasil-victims/?page=all

Side effects
http://www.rxlist.com/gardasil-side-effects-drug-center.htm

HPV Vaccine Victim Sues Merck | Gardasil Dangers
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/24/hpv-vaccine-victim-sues-merck.aspx


24 posted on 02/15/2015 5:48:08 AM PST by GailA (IF you fail to keep your promises to the Military, you won't keep them to Citizens!)
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To: GailA

It seems to be very common for drugs to be doing more harm than good, especially for the elderly.


25 posted on 02/15/2015 5:53:23 AM PST by Tax-chick ("What does it give you, and what does it keep you from getting?")
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To: SMGFan

Liberals want to regulate my cola.

KEEP YER GRUBBY HANDS OFF MUH SODA!!!


26 posted on 02/15/2015 5:54:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SMGFan

“Warning: Electing Liberals will result in bigger government and less freedom. Please use common sense when voting.”


27 posted on 02/15/2015 6:07:51 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: BCW

My son drank from a garden hose a few days ago... a busy body told me it could kill him...I told busy body I drank from hoses, biked without a helmet, played outside with friends, and swam in ponds...and I’m still alive. My boys aren’t going to be protected by life. They need to have fun.


28 posted on 02/15/2015 6:14:49 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: ExCTCitizen

I am sure “busy body” also voted for Obama and more govt socialist control....because us working class aren’t smart enough to govern out own lives....kinda like the Scott Walker argument for not having a brick & mortar college socialist degree to be president....if having the background of Obama quals someone for Pres....then I vote for Walker any day to make sure we don’t have a third repeat of the last 6 yrs...


29 posted on 02/15/2015 6:36:18 AM PST by BCW (ARMIS EXPOSCERE PACEM)
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To: ExCTCitizen

I remember drinking water straight from fire hydrants on hot days. And you know what? That water tasted great (no sarcasm).


30 posted on 02/15/2015 6:44:07 AM PST by PallMal
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To: SMGFan

SAFETY WARNING: Voting for democRATs with added socialism contributes to poverty, laziness, and societal decay.

Fixed it,


31 posted on 02/15/2015 6:59:49 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: SMGFan

We need one in voting booths:

“Warning: Electing Liberals will result in exceptional stupidity. . . “


32 posted on 02/15/2015 7:00:25 AM PST by Salgak (Peace through Superior Firepower. . . .)
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To: SMGFan
George Carlin had a bit where all drivers would be given dart guns. If someone driving did something stupid, you'd shoot a dart at his trunk. When a cop would see someone with three darts on his trunk lid, the cop would pull him over and give him a ticket for being an asshole.

We could turn that idea into a lemon law for bad lawmakers. Voters should get dart guns. Politicians with a few darts would consider it a warning. Any covered with darts would be fired.

33 posted on 02/15/2015 7:00:34 AM PST by W. (Dem0crat-mandated education reform killed American progress. Thanks, morons!)
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To: SMGFan

Send this clown your Mom’s phone number.

Suggest he tell her to step up the pressure.


34 posted on 02/15/2015 7:13:07 AM PST by G Larry (I'm not here to make liberals happy.)
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To: PallMal

Skateboarding without helmets or kneepads...


35 posted on 02/15/2015 7:27:13 AM PST by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: GailA

So true! After seeing what decades of prescription drugs has done to my Dad, I will avoid them at all costs. My oldest has asthma, but at 15 is controlling it almost entirely without meds. He is a fitness machine and avoids sugar and processed foods completely. It has made all the difference in the world.

My youngest son has been hospitalized in the past for a horrible reaction to a skin virus. I replaced is meds with a homemade herbal treatment.


36 posted on 02/15/2015 7:38:32 AM PST by NorthstarMom (My)
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To: Secret Agent Man

A scarlet letter warning, branded on their foreheads.

Warning: politicians lie, cheat and steal.


37 posted on 02/15/2015 7:40:42 AM PST by samtheman
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

We Need To Require Warning Labels on Politicians.


38 posted on 02/15/2015 8:27:31 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary men)
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To: SMGFan

I do not believe in execution with out a trial but with these people I think I might make an exception.


39 posted on 02/15/2015 9:59:02 AM PST by ravenwolf (s letters scripture.)
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To: samtheman

A scarlet letter warning, branded on their foreheads.

Warning: politicians lie, cheat and steal.


Yep, that is the only warning labels we need.


40 posted on 02/15/2015 10:00:22 AM PST by ravenwolf (s letters scripture.)
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