Just what kind of legislation is being considered? The article doesn't specify.
"As the debate over Senate Bill 722 heats up, one thing is certain- the right to use safe dietary supplements is clearly under attack. This legislation threatens DSHEA and your access to safe dietary supplements. We need you to send a clear message to Washington: Congress is writing the WRONG prescription for health!"
From the website of citizens.org.
I don't know specifically what Senate Bill 722 does, but I have seen for years that Congress and the FDA is trying to keep us from having access to and making out own decisions about vitamins, herbs, supplements and medications which have been safely used for many years in other countries.
Congress may change the DSHEA
Urge Your Member of Congress to attend the Herbal Alternatives briefing on June 17th, to get the other side of the healthcare story. Click here to send your message today!
Herbal alternatives are under attack and news headlines are misinforming and misleading decision makers. Products consumers depend on for their health may well be banned. Legislation in Congress, if passed, could severely restrict consumer access to many herbs and dietary supplements millions of people rely on to keep them healthier. Congress is drafting legislation impacting our ability to make health choices, and they are making decisions after only hearing one side of the story.
Massive misinformation and hype from the media and drug industry lobbyists is misleading the nation’s consumers and decision makers.
The pharmaceutical industry spends millions of dollars and employs hundreds of lobbyists to make their case to you. Now, you need to hear the other side and get the facts:
* Herbs are safe, beneficial and cost effective.
* Extensive science highlights their health and disease prevention benefits. The properties of herbs are well known as they have a 2000 plus year track record.
* They are extremely safe when taken as directed, and they are widely used in America and around the world.
* Over 158 million Americans benefit from natural health approaches that include herbs and dietary supplements.
* There is moral and economic benefit to the wellness approach of botanical products in addition to the conventional medicine taught in medical schools.
NNFA's Analysis of DSHEA
For one thing, they are trying to ban the 'steroid' that McGuire was taking. Actually it is just a natural compound that slightly raises testosterone levels (does nothing), unlike the synthetic testerone that McGuire and most athletes actually use.
About tens years ago, the Japanese produced some contaminated tryptophan (an essential amino acid (one your body can't produce)) which lead the gov't to ban all tryptophan. This would be the equivalent of banning all beef in the US after mad cow was discovered.
Forget about all the illegals invading the country, let's ban vitamins!