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Hi everyone,
Here is the Senate Bill number and contact information needed to oppose the legislation that will make vitamins/herbs/minerals available only through a prescription.
Again, if this speaks to you please spread this information far and wide!
Be Well,
Misty
http://www.searching-alternatives.com
Stop Senate Bill 722
I received a notification that there is a bill coming before the Senate
introducted by a Senator in Illinois - Dick Durbin (D), who is trying to
get the Supplemental and dietary Act that was passed in 1994 revoked.
Which means we would no longer be able to buy and sell any kind of
viatmin, herbal or mineral supplements without strict controls such as by
prescription from a doctor (who don't know beans from bats about
supplements and herbs). I will find out more about this and let you know so
you can get the info out to your list about contacting their congressmen
about getting this bill stopped.
This pending legislation would grant "extreme and unnecessary expansion of FDA authority over dietary supplements".
You can email your senator thru this website -- and, there is a complete discussion of the implication of the bill there, as well.
http://capwiz.com/nnfa/issues/alert/?alertid=2103491&type=CO
In Reply to: Help???! (Archive in CODEX.) posted by Walt Stoll on May 13, 2003 at 11:34:03:
In Reply to: Help???! (Archive in CODEX.) posted by Walt Stoll on May 13, 2003 at 11:34:03:
it will take you only 3 minutes to use the link provided by Misty (conveniently hyper-linked in "linkmasters" post below) to express your opposition to CODEX by email to Washington, where the exact same kind of legislative groundwork is being laid to infringe on our rights here. I am pasting the email letter I used below if you want to use it. The one provided on that website is fine but I think it lacks sufficient punch. If you don't like mine, please just use the other. Do it TODAY.
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I am a _______(your state) resident and I urge you to oppose ALL efforts by your fellow Senators to pass S. 722. The so-called Dietary Supplement "Safety" Act, as recently introduced by Senator Richard Durbin, represents an alarming attempt to expand upon the FDA's oversight and enforcement powers, in a way that would undermine many of the freedoms that American consumers of dietary supplements now enjoy.
It is clear that the Durbin bill can provide no greater consumer protection than is already afforded under current law. It does, however, contain new and discretionary enforcement powers that are unnecessarily expansive. The legitimate and consumer-friendly provisions afforded to individuals under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 should be defended, not abandoned on behalf of large corporate interests who lobby for this bill.
S. 722's adoption would subject nearly all vitamins, minerals, herbal products and other supplements to a level of scrutiny that is both unwarranted and unnecessary. Products that have been used safely and beneficially for hundreds, even thousands, of years would be subject to clinical evaluation using standards that are at the complete discretion of the FDA. This is not acceptable to me as a voter and as a consumer.
A scenario in which FDA could call for the removal of hundreds of natural supplements from market shelves simply due to a single complaint is totally rediculous! Under S. 722, the FDA would gain complete discretion to make such a determination, regardless of whether the product was used under conditions cautioned against by the manufacturer on the label. This possibility is wholly unacceptable to American consumers.
By almost every measure, and by a wide margin, dietary supplements can be used more safely than conventional foods and OTC drugs. Each year in America, approximately, 50 individuals die from use of ordinary aspirin. The same is true for virtually any other OTC drug you care to name. By comparison, the safety record for natural herbal and vitamin supplements sold in America is both revealing and remarkable, supporting the protection of these nutrients under DSHEA from spurious FDA review. This same proposed legislation would exempt foods in these product categories from being classified as stimulants, when they clearly are. The bill unfairly excludes the most commonly used food "stimulant" on American grocery shelves -- caffeine. Why is that, may I ask?
It is important that you oppose this extreme and unnecessary legislation and ignore the heavy-handed lobbying efforts of those interests supporting its passage. I certainly support the FDA in its job of oversight and enforcement with regard to natural supplements, BUT ONLY AS PRESCRIBED UNDER DSHEA.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this most crucial issue.
In Reply to: Re: Help???! (Archive in CODEX.) link enabled posted by linkmaster on May 13, 2003 at 17:29:43:
Thanks, Linkmaster.
This is a big help!
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Help???! (Archive in CODEX.) posted by peterb on May 13, 2003 at 22:09:00:
Thanks, PeterB.
Busy people need all the help they can get!
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Help???! (Archive in CODEX.) (Spoon feeding!) One I agree with. posted by Walt Stoll on May 14, 2003 at 10:51:24:
thanks Walt. i feel if we draw the line on corporate greed we might deserve to keep our hard-fought freedoms, but not otherwise.
In Reply to: Help???! (Archive in CODEX.) posted by Walt Stoll on May 13, 2003 at 11:34:03:
so bad I am Canadian.
Matylda
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