Guest guest Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 , I have no problem with him making money giving out information like that. Some pharmaceutical companies offered him way more money than we can imagine, if he would shut up, plus a retirement in a hot climate, and he turned them down, so he's obviously not after " the money " . It really brings out the wrath of granny in me when I see children suffering, and dying because some people in the medical system are protecting their profits. It's a sad situation when I am not allowed to grow my own herbs in my own backyard and use them for healing my family. I think we need to put God back in charge and quit playing the part, and poorly at that. I have met selfish, greedy folks in the alternative field as well. What I'm about is exposing the truth and the lies that prevent the truth from being spoken. Children are dying because either their parents are ignorant (as in lack of education or knowledge) of choices, or the medical field is " not allowing " or accepting other methods of healing. It's a crime. I've met so many people during the sessions I do, that say, " but my doctor said.... " They are literally paralyzed with fear to try anything else! Again, I am not doctor bashing...allopathic medicine has been a part of my holistic approach to healing. I prefer to use allopathic medicine and surgery as crisis management. I just have seen so many natural remedies - what I call " original " medicine -work in my holistic healing practice. I've seen people first-hand, walk out of wheelchairs, MS gone!, etc. Lab tests confirming the disappearance of AIDS. My own grandson , we were told, would not be born. Also, that he wouldn't live past 2 yrs. That traumatized our family. He's now 6 yrs. old and still undergoing tests and procedures, but doing quite well. The holistic approach is why. Prayer, nutritional therapy, surgery,positive reinforcement and his own great attitude. I can understand why some people have fear surrounding natural methods, however, if my child was diagnosed with a fatal disease and I was told he/she would die in 6 months, I wouldn't stop there. Well, I guess I had to say all that! lol Love & Healing Prayers, Sunny xo Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 > 10:40:06 -0600 > > From: " Ilena Rose " <ilena.rose@> > > Subject: Renowned Cancer Scientist Was Paid by Chemical Firm for 20 > Years > > > > > > > > http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1208-05.htm > > > > Published on Friday, December 8, 2006 by the > Guardian / UK > > Renowned Cancer Scientist Was Paid by Chemical Firm for 20 > Years > > by Boseley > > A world-famous British scientist failed to disclose that > he held a paid consultancy with a chemical company for more than 20 > years while investigating cancer risks in the industry, the Guardian > can reveal. > > > > Sir Doll > > Sir Doll, the celebrated epidemiologist who established > that smoking causes lung cancer, was receiving a consultancy fee of > $1,500 a day in the mid-1980s from Monsanto, then a major chemical > company and now better known for its GM crops business. > > While he was being paid by Monsanto, Sir wrote to a royal > Australian commission investigating the potential cancer-causing > properties of Agent Orange, made by Monsanto and used by the US in > the Vietnam war. Sir said there was no evidence that the > chemical caused cancer. > > Documents seen by the Guardian reveal that Sir was also > paid a £15,000 fee by the Chemical Manufacturers Association and two > other major companies, Dow Chemicals and ICI, for a review that > largely cleared vinyl chloride, used in plastics, of any link with > cancers apart from liver cancer - a conclusion with which the World > Health Organisation disagrees. Sir 's review was used by the > manufacturers' trade association to defend the chemical for more than > a decade. > > The revelations will dismay scientists and other admirers of Sir > 's pioneering work and fuel a rift between the majority who > support his view that the evidence shows cancer is a product of > modern lifestyles and those environmentalists who argue that > chemicals and pollution must be to blame for soaring cancer rates. > > Yesterday Sir Peto, the Oxford-based epidemiologist who > worked closely with him, said the allegations came from those who > wanted to damage Sir 's reputation for their own reasons. Sir > had always been open about his links with industry and gave > all his fees to Green College, Oxford, the postgraduate institution > he founded, he said. > > Professor Toy, medical director of Cancer Research UK, which > funded much of Sir 's work, said times had changed and the > accusations must be put into context. " Doll's lifelong > service to public health has saved millions of lives. His pioneering > work demonstrated the link between smoking and lung cancer and paved > the way towards current efforts to reduce tobacco's death toll, " he > said. " In the days he was publishing it was not automatic for > potential conflicts of interest to be declared in scientific papers. " > > But a Swedish professor who believes that some of Sir 's > work has led to the underestimation of the role of chemicals in > causing cancers said that transparency was all-important. " It's OK > for any scientist to be a consultant to anybody, but then this should > be reported in the papers that you publish, " said Lennart Hardell of > University Hospital, Orebro. > > Sir died last year. Among his papers in the Wellcome > Foundation library archive is a contract he signed with Monsanto. > Dated April 29 1986, it extends for a year the consulting agreement > that began on May 10 1979 and offers improved terms. " During the one- > year period of this extension your consulting fee shall be $1,500 per > day, " it says. > > Monsanto said yesterday it did not know how much work Sir > did for the company, but said he was an expert witness for Solutia, a > chemical business spun off from Monsanto, as recently as 2000. > > Guardian Unlimited © Guardian News and Media Limited 2006 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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