WARNING:
'Uncle Sam' and 'Big Pharma' Are
Scheming to
Dramatically
Limit or Even BAN Your
Favorite Natural Supplements!
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for the
Secrets of
Natural Healing Ezine...
OUTRAGEOUS! It's the only word that describes what
powerful politicians want to do to the dietary
supplements industry...
If these scoundrels get their way-you may soon be
gulping down the
last of
your favorite nutritional supplements to help
preserve your health!
On Feb. 4, 2010, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
co-sponsored a bill that, if passed, will deny your
freedom to use nutritional supplements as you
please!
"Insane McCain"
Dubbed by some as the "Insane McCain" bill, The
Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA), S. 3002[1]
would allow the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
to take over the supplement industry.
Supposedly, the bill will "more effectively regulate
dietary supplements that may pose safety risks
unknown to consumers."
The Phony "Public Safety" Argument
Although the McCain bill allegedly has your safety
as its primary goal...
...DON'T BE DECEIVED BY THEIR FAKE CONCERN!
Dr. Julian Whitaker, M.D., founder of the Whitaker
Wellness Institute, said despite
its name, the Dietary Supplement Safety Act has
nothing to do with
ensuring your safety[2].
Says Whitaker:
"Supplements are among the safest of all consumer
products. The American Association of Poison Control
Centers in their 2008 annual report did not
attribute even one single death to a nutritional
supplement.
Compare this to the 100,000 deaths per year caused
by prescription drugs. Clearly, these guys should be
going after pharmaceutical companies instead of the
supplement industry."
What this bill
really
does is give FDA bureaucrats carte blanche to seize
and destroy nutritional supplements as they see fit!
According to Dr. Whitaker:
"The Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 would
require registration and extensive reporting by any
business engaged in 'manufacturing, packaging,
holding, distributing, labeling, or licensing' of
supplements.
This includes everyone from large manufacturers to
people who sell multilevel products out of their
homes. Failure to comply would be a violation of the
law.
This bill would also make it easier for the FDA to
remove supplements from the market. A list of
"Accepted Dietary Ingredients" would be prepared,
and if a nutrient didn't make the list, it would be
banned.
It would also be easier for the FDA to outlaw any
supplement with even a suspicion of potential harm.
Furthermore, there are no safeguards to protect
against abuses of these extensive powers-a real
concern with this bureaucracy, which is openly
hostile towards nutritional supplements.
The truth is, the bill is a complete farce, because
the FDA
already has enough power to protect you from
contaminated, fraudulent, or misbranded products!
Beware of What the McCain Bill Will REALLY Do!
Even if an item has been available in food for
centuries-McCain's bill could still ban its use in
the U.S.
His bill requires that supplement producers go to
ridiculous lengths to provide supplements to
consumers. Some additional
requirements include:
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DSSA Requirement
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What It Really Means
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A new list of "accepted dietary ingredients"
to be prepared, published, and maintained by
the Secretary of the Health and Human
Services (HHS)-the agency overseeing the
FDA.
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The government will have TOTAL AUTHORITY to
determine which nutrients can be sold and
which can't. If your favorites don't make
the list-you're simply out of luck!
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Possession by all dietary supplement
suppliers and retailers of file copies of a
seller's product registration evidence.
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Burdensome paperwork, filing requirements,
and added costs imposed on suppliers and
retailers - your costs to purchase
nutritional supplements will skyrocket!
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Reporting of
minor
adverse effects to the FDA.
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FDA will be free to recall products just
from reports of a minor rash or upset
stomach - this also leaves the nutritional
supplement industry wide open to the filing
of false "adverse events" reports by
supplement detractors with devious motives!
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Annual reporting by supplement suppliers to
the FDA of any ingredient changes in their
supplement formulations
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A supplement that's been working for you
could be yanked from the market by the FDA,
simply because the manufacturer changed a
single ingredient.
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Stiff monetary penalties for non-compliance
with new regulations
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Added compliance costs will drive
supplement
prices higher and higher and could
ultimately drive many supplement
manufacturers out of business!
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Understand this: FDA
bullies could use the
slightest
suspicion of potential harm to snatch
supplements off the market-or to reclassify them as
drugs!
Under the bill, nutrients can even be considered
"adulterated" if they don't meet every regulatory
requirement.
And shame on Senator McCain for insisting his
legislation is not restrictive or harmful to
supplement producers...
In his
Feb. 22 statement on the Senate Floor, McCain said
opponents were spreading false rumors that "the
legislation would seek to limit consumers' ability
to purchase dietary supplements, vitamins or
prescription drugs."
Mr. McCain needs to take a closer look at his bill!
It clearly states that
only
supplements on FDA's approved list would be
available for sale.
And remember-THEY ALONE get to decide what goes on
the list!
The Senator even had the gall to say, "This
legislation is about giving consumers choice."
We can only assume that McCain fell down and whacked
his head on the Senate floor!
That would be the only plausible explanation for his
refusal to admit how this bill would
severely
limit your choices!
In a nutshell, passage of
McCain's bill gives the FDA more power to:
Take Action NOW To Defend Your Freedom!
The Dietary Supplement Safety Act is a shining
example of regulatory harassment by the FDA. But
let's face it-the FDA has been in bed with the drug
companies for
decades.
Actress and natural health advocate Suzanne Somers
points out the FDA is hostile
to natural medicine that represents the "real future
of healthcare" because the agency has been "captured
by drug interests or is trapped in a
catastrophically expensive, toxic, and ineffective
patented-drug model."
Says Somers:
"There are a lot of vested interests which are
threatened by supplements. Drug companies do not
like them because they represent a low cost, safer,
and often more effective alternative to drugs. The
FDA does not like them because supplements do not
come through the FDA approval process and therefore
do not support the FDA budget."
In a letter posted in the Feb. 8, 2010
Health Sentinel,
oncologist and cancer researcher Nicholas J.
Gonzalez, M.D., expressed his concern that some of
his patients could die if natural cancer
treatments were banned.
Dr. Gonzalez said
the FDA's hostility toward ethically produced
supplements is due to its "close working
relationship with the drug company giants."
But you're not powerless to stop greedy
pharmaceutical fat cats from destroying the
supplement industry!
Here's are 6 effective steps you can take
now to
protect your health freedoms and stop the McCain
bill dead in its tracks:
1.
Call Senator McCain's office
immediately at
(202)
224-2235! Express your opposition to S. 3002,
demanding that this legislation be withdrawn.
Let him know politely, but in no uncertain
terms, that you consider his legislation to be an
assault on your health freedoms, and his
protestations to the contrary an assault on your
intellect!
2.
Call
the U.S. Capitol Switchboard
at
202-224-3121.
Give your zip code and ask to be connected with the
office of your Congressional representatives.You
can also look up your representatives' names and
telephone numbers in the 111th Congress
Phone/Fax Directory at the following link:
http://www.kaufmanzoning.net/111directory.htm
3.
Sign the petition
at the link below and help kill this
freedom-squashing bill!
http://www.votervoice.net/Core.aspx?AID=972&APP=GAC&IssueID=20662&SiteID=-1
4.
Send an email or printed letter to your
Congressional representatives
by clicking on the link below. The supplied text,
which you may edit, states that you want them to
oppose S. 3002.
http://www.capwiz.com/lef/issues/alert/?alertid=14665781&type=CO
Be sure to tell them why you feel this legislation
is trampling on your right to choose your own
healthcare options.
5.
Join the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH)
by visiting their website at
http://www.anh-usa.org/. Be
sure to sign up for the Action Alerts. This is
the most effective grass roots organization now
challenging the McCain bill. Every new member gives
the ANH more clout to wage war against the McCain
bill!
6.
Sign
up for the FREE Health Freedom Alerts
at
https://server.publishers-mgmt.com/se/mkt/
so you'll always be kept in the loop as new
threats to your health freedoms come to light, such
as the upcoming new FTC regulations discussed
earlier in this letter.
The
Dietary Supplement Safety Act
is a thinly-veiled attempt to impose draconian new
restrictions on harmless nutritional supplements,
and to impose excessively higher costs on any
supplements that may still be allowed to be sold.
What's more, it denies you the right to make
informed choices about your health!
Just say
"NO!" to DSSA if you:
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Cherish your freedom of choice...
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Refuse to allow faceless government
bureaucrats to restrict your access to nutritional
supplements...
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Reject the notion that prescription
drugs should be your only treatment option...
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Oppose government attempts to
interfere in this private health matter...
If you're sick and tired government intrusion into
personal healthcare choices-ACT NOW to protect your
rights!
Let your strong opposition to this oppressive
legislation be heard throughout the halls of
Congress-while you still have the
freedom
to do so!
Regards,
Steve Barwick, for
www.TheSilverEdge.com
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