Fw: Legislative threat to supplements in US

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> From Dr. :

>

> To All:

>

> Last Friday, just before the Fourth of July weekend, Senator Dick

> Durbin (D, Illinois) introduced legislation, the Dietary Supplement

> Labeling Act, which would create an entirely new set of regulations

> and restrictions for supplement manufacture and sale. Senator Durbin

> has long been a strong supporter of the drug industry, a persistent

> enemy of nutritional supplements, and a friend of the FDA in its

> endless attempts to restrict supplement availability.

>

> In typical fashion, Senator Durbin's office waited until the

> Friday before a major holiday, hoping to get the legislation

> moving through the Senate without any awareness in the media or

> among groups advocating for freedom of choice in health care and

> the continued protection of supplement availability. However,

> the Alliance for Natural Health USA learned of the impending bill,

> and the attempts to keep the legislation quiet have failed.

>

> You can read about the legislation at the Alliance for Natural

> Health USA website:

> <http://www.anh-usa.org/dietary-supplement-labeling-act-anh-usa-exclusive/>

> Though as always, the legislation claims to " protect us, " it will

> give the FDA unneeded further authority to oversee and restrict

> supplement development and sale. The FDA already has all the

> power it needs to investigate harmful supplements and restrict

> their availability. It does not need more power or regulations in

> this regard.

>

> This bill needs to be stopped. We suggest you contact your Senators

> and express your strong opposition to this legislation. Public

> outcry has derailed many similar pieces of legislation in the past,

> like the onerous anti-supplement bill sponsored by Senator McCain

> and announced with great fanfare at a press conference a year ago.

>

> Express your opinion that the FDA requires no new regulations or

> authority to " protect us " from ourselves or from the dangers of

> supplements - which objective scientific reviews have clearly shown

> to be remarkably and consistently safe.

>

> Letters to your Senators do make a difference. Please write, and

> help us protect your freedom of choice in health care. You can

> reach your Senators by clicking here: http://senate.gov/

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more:

FDA unleashes end game scheme to outlaw virtually all dietary

supplements formulated after 1994

http://tinyurl.com/6yx99ae

petition:

http://tinyurl.com/3gnhnn8

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