Posted on 06/09/2004 7:11:35 PM PDT by Coleus
The Dietary Supplement "Safety" Act (S.722) |
The Dietary Supplement Safety Act Don't Let Congress Overturn the Hard-Fought Victory of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 A new bill called the "Dietary Supplement Safety" Act (S.722) has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Despite its title, it would allow no more consumer protection than current law the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) provides. It would, however, significantly undermine many of the freedoms that American consumers of dietary supplements hold dear. Oppose this Legislation! It's easy and fast, and locates your Representative by zip code. |
Sponsored by Dick Durbin, Co-Sponsored by: Sen Clinton, Sen Feinstein, Sen McCain, Sen Schumer,
MC CAIN????
Since this bill is from LAST YEAR ----
Did you look up the current status? did it pass / fail / tabled ???
Has anyone announced opposition to the bill? If so, maybe they should filibuster it.
done! I should expect nothing less from Hillary Care.
http://www.drwhitaker.com/
Dr. Whitaker has a vested interest in selling unregulated supplements. And I don't by his hysterical argument about the FDA pulling vitamin C off the shelf because someone gets diahhrea.
It's inane. Can you imagine how many pharmaceuticals would be left on the market under those conditions? Can you imagine what it would cost health insurance plans and the government if people who paid for their own vitamins and supplements instead used products that are covered by insurance policies and government programs?
Is the day going to come when I'll have to go to Canada to purchase vitamin pills? Or, is everyone going to be a zombie with the government deciding what pills they should take? Keep in mind that it has already happened with some adolescents and Ritalin.
There are a lot of people who don't sell vitamins who have to keep their officials on their toes about this. As you know, the government thinks they know your health needs better than YOU do.
done. Thanks for posting.
Dr. Whitaker has a vested interest in selling unregulated supplements. And I don't by his hysterical argument about the FDA pulling vitamin C off the shelf because someone gets diahhrea.
So go ahead and support Hillary Care, this bill will hurt the free market and the consumer, like me and 70 million Americans, who takes these products. Who cares about Whitaker besides you?
Your argument is no different than the standard leftist blah blah about any person or business that argues that regulation of its business is a bad idea. 'Well, they have a financial interest.' So rich people complaining about taxes should be ignored because of their financial interest. Farmers complaining about environmental regulations should be ignored, etc.
As to your 'hysteria' argument, you should read up on the history of the FDA's attempts to regulate supplements. It reads like a little slice of Brave New World. It's like a poorly publicized ATF during the Clinton administration. FDA cops swooping down on warehouses of Vitamins that have labels they haven't approved etc etc etc. It's happened many times.
The most important question is: is there a compelling argument that we should give another robust and successful American industry over to the tender ministration of the Feds. I have never seen any good argument that the Feds would make things any better. Given goverment track records, it will probably make things worse.
In the case of the FDA, its even worse than the typical regulators. It's a classic case of an agency that is owned by the regulatees. Many FDA officials are former large pharmaceutical company executives. Most FDA officials go onto lucrative jobs with large pharmaceutical companies.
The result is that the FDA prevents any new competition with the existing large pharmaceutical companies with absurdly expensive testing regimes that force smaller pharmaceutical companies to license the big ones in order to get thru the testing for FDA approval.
The supplement market is creating thousands of jobs in America with a much better record of safety than the pharmaceutical industry. The feds should keep their hands off.
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Well what do you know, a bunch of gun-grabbers going after another slice of our freedom. Somehow, I'm not surprised.
David Kesslers Legacy at the FDA
Where the hell does the Constitution say "Congress shall have the right to make laws determining which vitamins and supplements are suitable for consumption by American citizens, and the right to deem disfavored substances harmful, and the right to ban such substances from the open market"?
I must have missed that clause.
I must have missed that clause. >>
Yea, me too, some day we will return to the great constitutional republic our forefathers designed and followed.
WOD Ping
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