The company said in its complaint that ads and labels including hormone-free production claims mislead consumers into believing that hormone-free dairy products are healthier and safer.While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved rBST in 1993, and finds no health risk, other governing agencies and associations disagree.”Monsanto and the FDA claim that there is no scientific basis for rBST- and rBGH [recombinant bovine growth hormone]-free dairy being safer or healthier,” said Charles Margulis, spokesman from the Center for Food Safety in San Francisco…. Organic dairy is regulated by the USDA and already prohibited from using any hormones in the cows or feed, as well as pesticides, fungicides or synthetic fertilizers, and therefore any production claims by organic dairy farmers would fall outside the scope of Monsanto’s complaint.But for mainstream producers and packagers who choose to use the hormone-free production claim on their dairy, the FTC ruling can be seen as a small triumph.”The agency rejected Monsanto’s complaint, and that’s a victory for consumers who demand to know what is in their milk,” said Margulis.
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Despite a 2004 campaign promise to the contrary, President Bush continues to allow the mercury-containing vaccine preservative thimerosal to be added to childhood flu vaccines.
Thousands of parents believe the preservative has caused mercury poisoning and autism in their children. Still, President Bush plans to veto the HHS-Labor-Education Appropriations Bill, which includes a measure to [...]
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European Union Considers Banning Deadly Mercury-Containing Tooth Fillings:The European Union is currently debating the issue of whether or not to ban mercury fillings…. The EU has commissioned two working groups to sort out the potential health hazards, and environmental risks, and to report back by the end of 2007.Mercury is fatal in high doses, but even low doses have been linked to a wide variety of adverse symptoms and illnesses, including:mild tremorsneurological damagekidney problemsautismAlzheimer’s diseaseIf you have not yet seen the telling video Mercury In Your Teeth?, then make it a point to watch it now.
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Posted in Drug Warnings on Aug 2nd, 2007
Studies involving Avandia were “too murky to merit drastic regulatory action” and other diabetes drugs may have similar risks.Apparently, causing hundreds of thousands of heart attacks, strokes, and death does not warrant regulatory action in the eyes of the FDA.FDA drug safety officer Dr. David Graham — one of my heroes — may have been the lone voice calling for Avandia’s withdrawal from the market…. Already, a senior FDA scientist was removed for voicing concerns about Avandia.Further, it has been revealed that Avandia’s maker, GlaxoSmithKline, told the FDA about the heart risks nearly two years ago, but no warnings were made because of internal FDA disagreements about what to do with the drug.When you consider that last year Avandia brought in $3.4 billion in sales worldwide, it’s fairly clear what the decision-makers are up against: deciding whether to sacrifice billions of dollars in profits to save a hundred thousand or so lives.Please, if you or someone you love has type 2 diabetes, review How to Finally Make Diabetes Disappear.
