Dr. Mercola May 30 2007 43,104 views
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) says, “enough is enough,” to the Big Pharma Bullies running the FDA. He has introduced bill H.R. 2117 (the Health Freedom Protection Act) into the House of Representatives, which would effectively stop the FDA from censoring truthful claims about the health benefits of dietary supplements.
He wants to put an end to the federal bureaucrats’ meddling with your right to choose healthy alternatives over harmful and deadly patent drugs, and believes Americans should not be prevented form learning about simple ways to improve their health.
This bill puts the burden of proof on the FDA/FTC when it comes to proving that a label or advertisement is false and misleading. As it stands now, the manufacturer has to satisfy an unobtainable standard of proof—as was the case with the American cherry growers a few years ago. The FDA went on a witch-hunt after the growers used evidence from studies funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to state that cherries have anti-inflammatory properties.
The FDA ruled that the cherry growers could not use that evidence to make these claims. Instead, the FDA approved another dangerous anti-inflammatory drug that went on to take the lives of some 20,000 Americans … Clearly, the FDA does not object to the spilling of blood in the course of maintaining the pharmaceutical status quo.
Big Pharma has the FDA firmly in pocket, and censoring vital information—like the fact that eating 20 cherries has the same effect as popping aspirin or a Cox-2 inhibiting drug—is their only way to stay in business! Perhaps bill H.R. 2117 can get enough traction to stick if enough of us stand firmly behind it, pushing at the rear.
LewRockwell.com May 16, 2007
Dr. Mercola's Comment:
The multi-national drug cartel has cleverly manipulated and controlled the FDA to maximally benefit their bottom line while virtually ignoring the safety of the American public.
Over 80 percent of the FDA's resources are geared toward the approval of new drugs, and only 20 percent for all the rest. Only 5 percent goes to drug safety.
As if that wasn't bad enough, any company that sells supplements, including yours truly, is handcuffed from telling you the truth about supplements because it would make a claim that the FDA did not approve.
Ostensibly this is to "protect" the public, but the reality is that it protects the bottom line of the drug companies and prevents the public from having access to information that could save their lives.
Gary Null has done an excellent job on researching just how extensive this deception is. His book, Death By Medicine, shows how over 2,000 people die every day in the United States from this fatally flawed model.
Fortunately, there is ONE politician who is seeking to put an end to the nonsense.
U.S. presidential candidate, congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) says, "enough is enough," to the Big Pharma Bullies running the FDA. He wants to put an end to the federal bureaucrats' meddling with your right to choose healthy alternatives over harmful and deadly patent drugs, and believes Americans should not be prevented from learning about simple ways to improve their health.
At the same time the FDA went on a witch-hunt against cherry growers for citing evidence that cherries have anti-inflammatory properties, the FDA approved dangerous anti-inflammatory drugs that went on to take the lives of some 20,000 Americans ... Clearly, the FDA does not object to the spilling of blood in the course of maintaining the pharmaceutical status quo.
Big Pharma has the FDA firmly in pocket, and censoring vital information -- like the fact that eating 20 cherries has the same effect as popping aspirin or a Cox-2 inhibiting drug -- is their only way to stay in business! Perhaps bill H.R. 2117 can get enough traction to stick if enough of us stand firmly behind it, pushing at the rear.
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You're absolutely right Mary.
If the FDA is held responsible for proving that a product's reasonable health claims are misleading, there's a high possibility that natural treatments would become more and more accepted by doctors, (many of whom hold the commandments of the FDA closer to their hearts than the Commandments of the Bible). Maybe young girls who suffer from hormone imbalances as I did, wouldn't be prescribed artificial, chemically produced hormones because their doctors were told by the FDA it's the only true treatment; Only to discover, years later that these same girls are incapable of carrying a child. Instead, maybe the natural alternatives which have been suppressed by the FDA might have a fighting chance at proving themselves to the general public.If you're a regular at Mercola.com then you have access to information that the general public should know and in my opinion, the FDA is the main reason why these things aren't common knowledge.It doesn't take long. Just tell you Representative that you support HR 2117 and that you'd like it passed. Go to http://www.house.gov/writerep/. Enter your state and zip code and it will tell you who your Representative is. Then click on their web site link and look for a way to send them an email.It's time. We need to either do our part or shut up and accept what we have allowed.
Dear Sir,
I am in full support of Ron Paul's bill, H.R.2117. I find it very difficult to support my health and that of my family, given the current state of our food production and the regulation of the FDA which suppresses holistic claims that are nature supported and low cost.
I cannot, as a fully intelligent, independent adult, be depended upon to choose whether or not my milk is pasteurized, my produce is sprayed, or my meat is injected. Please help us move in the right direction here in North Carolina by supporting this bill.
Sincerely,
Shelly Dixon Moran
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