Posted on 03/01/2005 8:03:10 PM PST by Coleus
So, how does this affect us in the good ol' USA?
Freemarketeers want to privatize the Mother Nature. Soon we will not be allowed to breath without paying a fee to some corporation.
This is one of the reasons the pharms want pot legalized.
They just want a cut of the profits.
"If you drive a car, I'll tax the street.
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet."
the FDA is almost as bad.
That bunch of traitors in DC is responsible for allowing this to happen. They are the ones who are signing us into all of these treaties/agreements/pacts. Obviously, they have forgotten about our Constitution. What's even worse is that the Supreme Court Justices have too. What are we going to have to do to open their eyes? They don't seem to listen to what we are telling them.
We don't need UN treaties to regulate what goes on in America.
Aspirin caused 16,000 deaths last year. While over 25,000 deaths are being tied to Vioxx, I'm not worried about herbs.
This law will allow only 24 vitamin supplements to be available in stores, Vitamin C will only contain 200 mg.
http://www.consumerlab.com
they do a good job at examining nutritional supplements.
Why is it that ephedra herb killed a few people, less than 160 nationwide and it was pulled off the shelves while COX 2 inhibitors killed almost 60,000 was pulled off the shelves for a month and now the Govt. says they can start going back into production? The FDA panel voted 31-1 to allow Celebrex to stay on the market, 17-13 in favor of Bextra, and 17-15 in favor of Vioxx.
Believe me, herbs are the least of our problems.
Well, time for bed, must take my Hopps and Valerian Root, and boy does that root smell.
Of course. They want control over supplements for the profits. It's a huge business. Once the FDA/WTO get control the pharm companies will claim only they can provide the proper controls. How many people have died from use of supplements? Even the ephedra-related deaths are questionable.
And freemarketeers will be saying that pharm companies deserve high profits from the natural medicines. Hey, maybe they will PATENT them!
the FDA is almost as bad.>>>
It was worse when David Kessler was there.
Atkins used to call it the FnDA
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties
are of the gift of God?" --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia, 1782.
GOD MADE HERB
GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
GOD GAVE IT TO MAN
Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its
kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is
in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose
fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
Pretty soon we'll need permission to grow basil in our back yards.
"The problem with mass production of herbal remedies is that the process is not well supervised. Microbes and other extraneous particulate can find their way into your bottle and cause you greater harm than good."
So what?
If they have the Generally Regarded As Safe designation, then they are the same quality as food products with respect to microbes and other particulates. People can choose to take them or not take them at their own risk.
Why should it be up to you, your wife, or any gov't employee whether people can take supplements that are GRAS designated? You are proposing the extension of the nanny state. You'll find a very receptive home at DU for your ideas, no doubt.
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