We have more information, but even the additional information appears to be part of a cover up! Last summer, we told you about the multiple serious “superbug” outbreaks that were traced back to endoscopes and colonoscopes—and about the FDA’s failure to act even though they knew of the problem as far back as 2009. A… Continue reading Medical Scope Risk Worse than Previously Thought
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Now Even the US Attorney General Is Slandering Supplements!
Like the flawed Frontline documentary, like New York state’s attorney general, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch is spreading gross misinformation about dietary supplements. Action Alert! Last week, Attorney General Lynch released a video for National Consumer Protection Week about supplements. Excuse us, but since when is the US attorney general an expert on this subject?… Continue reading Now Even the US Attorney General Is Slandering Supplements!
GMO Labeling: Last Chance to Know What’s in Your Food?
Congress, spurred on by special interests, is about to approve voluntary labeling legislation designed to avoid real, mandatory GMO labeling. We need more messages to stop it. Action Alert! Last week the Senate Agriculture Committee approved the voluntary GMO labeling legislation introduced by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)—which means we are very close to voluntary labeling… Continue reading GMO Labeling: Last Chance to Know What’s in Your Food?
Congress Sends Monsanto a Late Valentine—at Your Expense
They added a sneaky clause to pending chemical safety legislation. Action Alert! Last year, we told you about a chemical safety bill—one drafted by the chemical industry, and one that will do little to protect consumers from the estimated 84,000 chemicals registered for use in the US. That bill, sponsored by Sens. Mark Udall (D-NM)… Continue reading Congress Sends Monsanto a Late Valentine—at Your Expense
More Supplements Face the Axe
…At the next meeting of the FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee. If recent history is any indication, the outlook is not good—unless we push back. Action Alert! The Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) advises the FDA in writing new rules regarding what supplements and drugs can be made individually for patients with specific needs by… Continue reading More Supplements Face the Axe
Bad Trade Deal Gets Worse
An underhanded maneuver could make the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even worse than it was originally. Action Alert! The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) picked up on an almost imperceptible but vitally important change in the TPP text. It was widely understood that the text had been completed and finally made public after years of hyper-secrecy when… Continue reading Bad Trade Deal Gets Worse
Crony FDA Chief Approved by Senate
Do your senators support crony medicine? Last week, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner. The final tally was 89 “yea” votes, seven abstentions—and only four “no” votes. The four were Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Ed Markey (D-MA). Presidential candidates Ted… Continue reading Crony FDA Chief Approved by Senate
URGENT—Bad GMO Bill on Fast Track
The plan appears to be to rush Sen. Pat Roberts’ voluntary GMO labeling legislation through Congress before opposition can form. We may only have days to stop it. Urgent Action Alert! Last week, we reported that another voluntary labeling bill in the Senate was in the works, introduced by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS). Last Friday… Continue reading URGENT—Bad GMO Bill on Fast Track
Turning Up the Pressure on PBS
Will they listen? Action Alert! A few weeks ago, we reported on PBS Frontline’s attack piece on the dietary supplement industry. The show’s producers trotted out many of the same debunked arguments that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), and supplement critic Pieter Cohen typically cite—supplements are unsafe, unregulated, and are… Continue reading Turning Up the Pressure on PBS
Natural Alternative 10,000 Times More Effective than Chemo
New research suggests that a common household food attacks cancer at the root. A recently published study in PLoS indicates that a substance found in ginger called 6-shogaol is a potent agent in fighting breast cancer—much more potent than chemotherapy and much less dangerous. Shogaol—from the Japanese word for ginger, shōga (生姜)—is special because it… Continue reading Natural Alternative 10,000 Times More Effective than Chemo