January 12, 2005
Vitamins And Nutritional Supplements To Soon Become Prescription-Only Drugs: Guess WHO Sets The Standards
The FAO and WHO organizations are pursuing a drug style risk assessment on nutrients, just like those done for new pharmaceutical products.
Pasqualantonio Pingue
While the officially stated goal is "to define a “scientifically-based and internationally applicable approach for nutrient risk assessment” the actual one is to set very restrictive standards for the use and consumptiom of nutritional supplements, to the effect that people will not be able anymore to buy or consume orthomolecular doses of any vitamin or mineral without a doctor's prescription.
How angry would you get if your country was going to shut off the opportunity for you to buy and consume these products?
Yes, you read it right.
How mad (or better, how bad) would you get if new laws forced producers of these nutrients to severely scale down dosages and to require doctors' prescriptions to buy them?
Well, the time is coming: and it is not too far away at all.
September 3, 2004
Americans Don't Believe Me: Mental-Health-Screening-Is-Coming-Your-Way
Thanks to the razor sharp capturing antennas of Sepp Hasslberger, I have been reporting here before of this "cutting-edge" initiative that the US Government is taking forward. But believe me, what strikes me most, is not the news story per se, which is just short of... read more
July 16, 2004
The New Freedom Initiative (US): Ready To Be Tested?
According to a Progress Report, The New Freedom Initiative is a new project announced by the White House to "help Americans with disabilities ...". But apparently, President Bush plans to unveil next month a sweeping mental health initiative that recommends screening for every citizen and promotes... read more
January 17, 2004
How The Media Deceives You About Health Issues
'We're Experts', a new book co-authored by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton of the Center for Media and Democracy. Unlike many so-called "experts," the Center's agenda is quite overt - to expose the shenanigans of the public relations industry, which pays, influences and even invents a... read more
May 13, 2003
WHO Privatised The Regulator?
You have probably heard of the recent products of health-related products being recalled in Australia, as a matter of fact the largest ever recall of its kind. It made for gory press coverage and TGA, the Australian therapeutic goods regulator, has been telling consumers for weeks... read more
April 23, 2003
SARS - Treatments Available And Cost-Effective
Some Good news. Chris Gupta writes: "There are indeed available and cost effective treatments for SARS are not being used while an unnecessary death toll however, small or large shamelessly continues." "Generally disregarded by Ontario health officials was the fact that the threat posed by SARS paled... read more
