From: Russell Whitaker (RWhitaker@alphablox.com)
Date: Fri Sep 12 1997 - 15:09:57 MDT
This is unexpected and scary,if true...
-- Russell Whitaker Webmaster, AlphaBlox Corporation http://www.alphablox.com/ ============================== "Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world - the brains of men." - Christopher Morley > -----Original Message----- > From: FDVanArdoy@aol.com [SMTP:FDVanArdoy@aol.com] > Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 11:32 AM > To: Russell Whitaker > Subject: Fwd: Codex Alimentarius - A Plan To Ban All Food > Supplements > > > --------------------- > Forwarded message: > From: ewin@acm.org (Ewin H. Barnett) > Sender: Missouri_Libertarians@safe.chem.missouri.edu > Reply-to: Missouri_Libertarians@safe.chem.missouri.edu > To: Missouri_Libertarians@safe.chem.missouri.edu (Multiple > recipients of) > Date: 97-09-12 08:32:22 EDT > > To send a message to this list, use this address: > molp@safe.chem.missouri.edu > > To send commands (like "help" or "unsubscribe Missouri_Libertarians") > to the > server that hosts this list, use this address: > macjordomo@safe.chem.missouri.edu > > Subject: > Codex Alimentarius - A Plan To Ban All Supplements > Date: > Thu, 11 Sep 97 21:20:53 -0600 > From: > Ben & Ally Maddox <alm@cheerful.com> > > > > Dear Friend - > > Below is a well written account of what the CODEX Alimentarius > Commission > will mean to every American, Canadian and European. Please read and > stop > > Bill S.830. Write to your Congressman, Senator and local newspapers, > and > > tell all your friends. > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > Codex Alimentarius - A Plan To Ban All Supplements > By Jackie Buchanan > > > "Unless we put medical freedom into the constitution, the time > will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover > dictatorship...denying equal privileges. All such laws are un- > American and despotic... > > -Benjamin Rush, Physician > Signer, Declaration of Independence > > > Codex Alimentarius, in simple terms, is a code of law for food. > What it actually means to each and everyone of us is a threat to our > health and the health of every human being on this planet. > > The future availability and legal status of herbs, vitamins, > amino acids, minerals and all other supplements in the U.S. and > throughout the world, may be determined by a committee made up of 146 > nations called the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which operates in > conjunction with the United Nations and the World Health Organization > (WHO). > > It is under the guise of protecting public safety through the > standardization of food and botanical codes that the commission > may be a tool of the international pharmaceutical industry that > is intent on making ALL SUPPLEMENTS -herbal or otherwise- > available by prescription only. > > Established in 1962 for the purpose of setting international > standards and codes for foods, the Codex Commission is over- > whelmingly composed of German and International Pharmaceutical > Corporations. Over 90% of the international organizations ALLOWED to > send delegates to the meetings represent giant multinational > pharmaceutical corporations. The only consumer organization is the > International Organization of Consumer Unions. NEITHER THE NATURAL > HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS ANY > REPRESENTATION AT THE CODEX MEETINGS. > > Spearheaded by the German pharmaceutical corporations, this > Codex Commission plans to ban -on a worldwide basis- any health > statement in relation to any non-prescription supplement, > preventive, therapeutic, or otherwise. Moreover, any formulas > which would still be available would have to meet the arbitrary > restrictions of the Codex Commission. Those nations that do not comply > with these restrictions are faced with economic sanctions. > > While researching this article, I came across a letter written > in 1995 from Matthias Rath,MD to Chancellor Kohl and Members of > the German Bundersag, prior to the Codex meeting in Bonn Germany > in 1996. > > "As a physician and scientist who led the breakthrough in > vitamin research which can eradicate heart disease, I feel > it is incumbent upon me to address this important matter... > as I see it, the attack of the Codex Commission is a > desperate act by the pharmaceutical companies to protect > their world wide drug market against naturally effective > and much more affordable supplements. Particularly disturbing is > the role of the German pharmaceutical and chemical corporations > within the Codex Commission. Once before in this century, a > German pharmaceutical and chemical corporation, I.G. Farben, > became responsible for the deaths of millions of people and > consequently was dismantled in 1946 by the Nurenberg Tribunal and > split into Bayer, BASF, and Hoechst. With the current plans of > the German pharmaceutical companies, the predictable dimension of > the unnecessary and premature death of millions of people is > unavoidable. If the Codex Commission is allowed to obstruct the > eradication of heart disease by restricting access to nutritional > supplements, more than 12 million people world-wide will continue > to die every year from premature heart attacks and strokes. > Within the next generation alone, this would result in over 300 > million premature deaths, more than in all the wars of mankind > together..." > > When I first read this, I took it with a grain of salt - until I > came across an article in Issue 14 of the Alternative Medicine > Digest, a reprint of an article that originally appeared in the > Wall Street Journal on April 25, 1996. The headline read "They're > Scientific When It Suits Them, But a $1.4-Billion Deal is Better than > Science." The article opened by saying that if a study which was > peer-reviewed by 5 independent medical experts had been published in > the Journal of the American Medical Association in January 1995 as > planned, American consumers with thyroid problems would have saved > $356 million a year in drug costs. > > However, the publication of this article would have wrecked > a $1.4-billion deal for its manufacturer, Boots Company, the > British pharmaceuticals and drugstore chain. The study documented > how Synthroid, which controls 84% of the US thyroid medication > market and is used by 8 million Americans, works no better than 3 > other lower priced drugs. > > The makers of Synthroid - first introduced in 1958 as a > synthetic version of thyroid hormone - had never been > required by the FDA to submit proper clinical trial data, > like other drugs. An unpatented drug for underactive > thyroids,Synthroid's vigorous U.S. sales have been protected > by something as good as a patent: the presumption that the > competing, lower-priced drugs are not bioequivalent, which means > that they are not absorbed and assimilated as fast and as well as > Synthroid. > > The JAMA study proved this presumption wrong and it was about to > call an end to Synthroid's free market run. Even worse, the study > would have jeopardized Boots' $1.4 billion buy-out by Germany's > BASF-AG. How did the study's sponsor, which has invested $250,000 > to finance the research feel about it? It was the sponsor itself > -- none other than Boots that did everything to discredit the > study and block its publication. Quite clearly, scientific > evidence takes a backseat to preserving the competitive edge. > > Another more recent web-site written from a Canadian point of > view about how Codex will affect Canada goes on to state: > > In October, 1996, Codex met in Bonn, Germany to make radical > changes in the rules governing dietary supplements for member > nations. The proposals of greatest concern were those > made by the German delegation (see the proposed Draft Guidelines > for Dietary Supplements) and is being sponsored by Hoechst, Bayer > and BASF. These are the three drug companies formed when the > Nurenberg War Trials disbanded IG Farben, manufacturer of > the poison gas used in Nazi concentration camps. This is not the > first time that the UN has been linked closely with Nazi war > criminals. Ostensibly, their purpose is "...to create a > set of international standards to guide the world's growing food > industry and to protect the health of consumers. > > Can reports from 4 different, totally unrelated sources, be > ignored? I think not! > > The pharmaceutical company backed proposals call for the following: > > 1. No vitamin, mineral, herb, etc., can be sold for > prophylactic (preventative) or therapeutic reasons. > > 2. Natural remedies can be sold as food but they must not exceed > the potency (dosage) levels set by the commission. This means > that consumer access to dietary supplements will be limited to > the RDA dosage as a maximum limit for vitamins (Vitamin C - 60 > mg. Vitamin E - 15 mg., etc.) Supplements without an RDA (e.g. > coenzyme Q10) would be illegal to sell because they would all > become drugs. > > 3. Codex regulations for dietary supplements would become > binding, eliminating the escape clause within the General > Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) that allows a nation > to set its own standards. This applies to all member > countries of the UN. Any nation that does not accept these > new standards will be heavily fined by the World Trade > Organization (WTO) creating the potential for crippling > entire sectors of that nation's economy. > > 4. All new supplements would be banned unless they go through > the Codex approval process. Five steps have already been > taken in the Codex process over the past few years. Remember > Canadian Bill C-7 which was passed eventually in Canada as C-8? > The similarity of the process, the secrecy, and the wording > between the Codex proposals and the Canadian laws is uncanny. > Voting in favor of adopting the German proposals has been > overwhelming (16 for 2 against in the most recent vote). The > Codex process is now at Step Five - formalization and debate > concerning the specific features. In two years, Codex could jump > from Step 5 to Step 8 to finalize these restrictions. > > In the U.S., the FDA has already tried to use guerrilla tactics to > stop the use of these supplements. The first time I became totally > aware of their horrendous practices was in the case of ESSIAC, the > herbal formula that had been researched since the 1920's with > excellent results in curing, yes I said curing, cancer. Fortunately, > once their tactics came to light, a nation-wide non-violent revolution > took place resulting in millions who were appalled at the tactics, > writing letters and calling their congressmen and the FDA. The end > result, ESSIAC is now widely available in many forms. Even Respirin, > the drug company in Canada who owned the rights to the formula has > started producing it and selling it via magazine ads and in health > food stores. All of this took place in 1989-1990. > > In 1992, the FDA raided the Tahoma Clinic in Kent, Washington. The > FDA alleged that Dr. Wright, MD was engaged in the commerce of foreign > labeled injectable "drugs" (which were actually vitamins). This action > interfaced with FDA raids of 17 health food stores in Texas and others > in Oklahoma, supplement manufacturing facilities in California, > Oregon, and Washington, and other nutritionally-oriented medical > doctors across the US. Again, there was a national call to action of > everyone interested in preserving their rights to make their own > choices in health care. Letters were mailed and faxed to the White > House by the millions and once again, the FDA was forced to back off. > At this same time Bill H.R. 3642/S2135 was in committee and being > reviewed prior to voting it into law. This bill would have given the > FDA the power to put the health food and dietary supplement industry > out of business. It would have also given them the power to legally > conduct warrantless searches, seize and embargo products and levy > heavy fines ($250,000 on individuals and $1,000,000 on companies) > without a trial. Again, the people of the United States took action > and through a powerful campaign whereby they voiced their opinions, > another small battle was won for freedom of choice! > > In 1995, the FDA attempted to quietly but quickly do away with > the use of any type of electronic instrumentation (not already > approved) for use in diagnosing, tracking, or treating illness. > This would have affected many doctors, dentists, osteopathic > physicians, chiropractors, etc. Fortunately, they banded together, got > their scientific studies and documentation together and, after a long > hard struggle, managed to hold their ground and prevent the FDA and > other interested parties (pharmaceutical companies and medical > practitioners who felt that only the usual methods of treatment, ie. > surgery and drugs should be allowed) from getting their way. > > Now, here we are in 1997 and BY ALL APPEARANCES, the FDA has > ceased their efforts to take away our rights to make our own > choices about healthcare. Their policy with regard to the Codex > standards is stated in the Federal Register of October 11, 1995 > - FDA Policy on Standards, which states: > > "It is the intent of this policy to enable the FDA to continue > to participate in international standards activities that assist > it in implementing statutory provisions... > > and > > "The development of an international standard that achieves the > agency's public objectives is generally, but not always, given a > higher priority than the development of a domestic standard... > > and > > "Where a relevant international standard exists, or completion > is imminent, it will generally be used in preference to a domestic > standard... > > In considering the above statements about their intentions coupled > with their past tactics as well as their continuing policy of ignoring > the public's wishes in protecting health freedom, a public outcry > against the Codex is again called for. I urge you to educate > yourselves to what is really going on here. Most of the information > can be found on the Web. In the past 4 months, I have found only one > small article about this issue, tucked away in the back pages of Issue > 18 of the Alternative Medicine Digest which is on the newsstands now. > > If the German and Canadian proposals are passed, it would > constitute an effective end run by the pharmaceutical companies > around the medical rights of Americans. They wouldn't dare attempt to > do this in the U.S. because there would be such a public uproar it > would never pass through congress. However, by taking the stance that > they have, the FDA WILL ACCOMPLISH ITS GOALS BY LETTING CODEX > DO ITS UNACCEPTABLE DIRTY WORK. The pharmaceutical companies > are planning a global takeover of the vitamin-herb industry and > within a few short years, they will have succeeded by pushing > competitors out of the field. They are planning to do it very quietly > and carefully through GATT and the Codex Commission. They will > succeed if they are not exposed and their plan is not given national > headlines. > > This is the last wake-up call that may be given before it is > too late. It is of the utmost importance that everyone become > aware and voice their displeasure with the leaders of their > respective governmental agencies. In the U.S., it is imperative > that everyone call and write to their local congressmen. Phone > the White House. Call the FDA. Tell everyone you know to do the > same. Call your local newspaper and alert them to what is really > going on here. If we don't take action now, our freedom to choose > will be taken away without most of us even being aware that it > had happened! > > - About the author - > > Jackie Buchanan has 26 years experience in the medical and > textbook publishing field. She may be reached at Buchanan > Publishing, P.O. Box 732 Collinsville, Illinois 62234 > *_____________________________________________________________* > Also see the following Internet Web Site for further explanation of > this > > activity. > > http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/hammell/index.html > > > > > > A MESSAGE FOR MISSOURI AND FOR LIBERTY > > > >
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