Re: Fw: Senate Bill 3546--Limiting access to supplements

[Guest guest]

If you had a tight race in your district for the recent elections,

the representatives listed for it may not be correct.

My representative was wrong. The challenger won the recent election,

on recount, by 90 votes.

Might want to keep an eye on that. I emailed the company that

handles the database.

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> Hi all,

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> The info below was forwarded to me by an alt/med group I belong

to. I

> thought it good idea to forward it here, especially since it is my

> understanding that there were efforts in the past year to get DHEA

off the

> market. The lead-in below is rather inflammatory. By clicking on

the link,

> I found more about what the bill really will do ... and I do think

in the

> long run it will be detrimental to the smaller dietary supplement

companies.

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> Liz

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> Congress Threatening

> To Pass Anti-Supplement Bill

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> It is a regrettable fact that our legal-political system is so

often

> characterized by deception and ambush.

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> During the heated political campaigns prior to November 7, members

of

> Congress would not dare pass a bill that would interfere with

consumers’

> free access to dietary supplements.

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> Now that the election is over, there is an attempt to attach a new

law onto

> an existing bill that would give the FDA greater powers to remove

dietary

> supplements from the marketplace and put a heavy burden on smaller

dietary

> supplement companies.

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> This ominous Senate Bill†" S.3546†" is deceptively titled Dietary

Supplement and

> Non-Prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act. The charade behind

this title

> is that it would largely function to protect large pharmaceutical

companies

> against the low cost competition they are encountering from makers

of

> natural alternatives to their toxic drugs.

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> As many of you know, this year’s election was one of the closest

on record.

> If the re-elected members of Congress know how outraged citizens

will be if

> S.3546 is passed, it will almost certainly be killed.

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> To conveniently inform your members of Congress to vote NO on

S.3546 and any

> House companion bill, just click on the “take action nowâ€

button below.

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> Please know that members of Congress now prefer email as the most

efficient

> way to hear from their constituents. Life Extension has set up a

> super-convenient email network that enables consumers to readily

identify

> their members of Congress and then send them prepared messages

urging them

> to vote NO on S.3546.

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> http://capwiz.com/lef/issues/alert/?alertid=9020286 & type=CO

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