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| Aug 23, 2010 |
Police held over Mexican mayor Edelmiro Cavazos killing
Mr Cavasos' police bodyguard has also been arrested Mexican authorities have arrested six police officers in connection with the kidnap and murder of a town mayor. The officers have reportedly confessed to killing Edelmiro Cavazos, prosecutors said. Mr Cavazos' body was found, bound and gagged, outside the northern town of Santiago on Wednesday. His police bodyguard, who was kidnapped with the mayor on Sunday and released by the kidnappers unharmed, has also now been arrested. Mr Cavazos' bodyguard was the only witness to the kidnapping. [full story] |
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| Aug 23, 2010 |
THE POWER ELITE AND THE SECRET NAZI PLAN PART 18
[Note: Perhaps relevant to the recent intense flooding in northwest Pakistan (where the Taliban and Al Qaeda have strongholds) and in China, remember that for years it has been possible to cause intense amounts of rainfall to occur in almost any specifically targeted area of the world.] In Part 17 of this series, I described the importance of the Nazi Party chief Martin Bormann in carrying out the secret Nazi plan for decades after WWII. I referred to a number of sources in this regard (e.g., William Stevenson’s The Bormann Brotherhood, Louis Kilzer’s Hitler’s Traitor, etc.), but an earlier source [full story] |
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| Aug 19, 2010 |
Spouse wrote 'blueprint,' urged creation of crisis to push radical plan
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., has a long and friendly history with a U.S.-based socialist organization that seeks to create socialist-style health care. Schakowsky has been one of the most vocal congressional cheerleaders of Obama's health-care plan. Her husband, Robert Creamer, a convicted felon and political consultant with close ties to the Obama administration, was credited with helping to provide a blueprint for the president's health-care legislation, WND has learned. [full story] |
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| Aug 5, 2010 |
"OUR OWN GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME OUR ENEMY"
"Our own government has become our enemy." So said Pinal County (Arizona) Sheriff Paul Babeu. "Babeu told CNSNews.com that rather than help law enforcement in Arizona stop the hundreds of thousands of people who come into the United States illegally, the federal government is targeting the state and its law enforcement personnel. [full story] |
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| Jul 26, 2010 |
THE FIGHT IS ON TO SAVE OUR PRISON FARMS, AND TO SAVE OUR COWS! ACTION MEETING and CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE WORKSHOP - Wednesday, July 21
Wednesday, July 21 from 7:00-9:00 pm at Zorbas Banquet Hall, at 1474 Bath Rd., across from Frontenac and Collins Bay Institutions. This meeting will bring supporters up to date, followed by an optional civil disobedience workshop for those who want to participate in the blockade of CSC Regional Headquarters on Friday, June 23. [full story] |
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| Jul 19, 2010 |
3 books designed to save America
You can get this trio of books that together contain the blueprint for saving America separately for a price of $41.95. It would be a good deal. [full story] |
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| Jul 9, 2010 |
Gulf Coast now a BP police state as law enforcement conspires with BP to intimidate journalists
Normally I would open this article by explaining this is the story the mainstream media won't dare report. Except in this case, they are reporting it. It's right on CNN, on the Anderson Cooper "360" report. [full story] |
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| Jul 7, 2010 |
Warmington: Cops had hands 'cuffed
Who made the decision for police to stand down despite the fact the city was under attack? And why? Was it a police decision or political? These should be the cornerstone questions of an external review surrounding the chaos of the G20. [full story] |
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| Jun 28, 2010 |
ACORN buster joins 'Taking America Back' conference
WASHINGTON – This won't be your usual staid national political conference of speaker after speaker. WND's "Taking America Back" conference at the Doral Resort in Miami will be unlike any other event you've ever attended, promises Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of the leading independent news source on the Net. [full story] |
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| May 7, 2010 |
Saying No! is a social responsibility none of us may safely ignore. Heroes reveal the fact of oppression and demand opposition; their example helps us to build courage, but in the end each one of us must act personally.
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back – that’s an earthquake.” Death of a Salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller Saying No! is a social responsibility none of us may safely ignore. Heroes reveal the fact of oppression and demand opposition; their example helps us to build courage, but in the end each one of us must act personally. Farmer Michael Schmidt, who was recently acquitted of all charges brought against him by Health Canada on the raw milk issue, took part in a health freedom [full story] |
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| Apr 29, 2010 |
HFNN Health Freedom Update by Trueman from Parliament Hill in Ottawa
I met with Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Rob Moore, Minister of state for Small Business today and had several news items to report. [1] Morris Rosenberg, Deputy Minister of Health Canada and the former Deputy Minister of Justice that initiated to unlawful and failed drug sub class Natural Health Product Regulations is leaving Health Canada and going to Foreign Affairs. [2] His replacement will be Glenda Yates, recruited from within Health Canada. [3] After some 6 years of lobbying our long standing recommendation for a federal death [full story] |
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| Apr 18, 2010 |
Canadians needlessly died and suffered grief as a result of Health Canada's stubborn following of a law they knew was changing anyway and did on Jan. 1, 2004.
Health Canada Betrayed Trust Calgary Sun, August 20, 2006 Health Canada Betrayed Trust Canadians needlessly suffered and died as a result of decision By Licia Corbella If it's true that Health Canada's mandate is to protect the health of Canadians -- as its name suggests -- then the federal government needs to call an inquiry into the disgraceful and deadly actions of this agency. During a recent trial in a Calgary courtroom, Health Canada officials shockingly acknowledged under oath that even though they knew stopping a vitamin and mineral supplement -- that helps about 10,000 people with severe [full story] |
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| Mar 30, 2010 |
Recall destroys local business
When the owners of NorthRegentRx decided to get into the nutraceutical health supply business in 2004, they had no idea that six years later they would be engaged in a deadlock with Health Canada that would cost them most of their business, their professional reputation, and even their life savings. [full story] |
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Insert Admits It Causes Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Vasculitis, Paralysis, Anaphylactic Shock And Death
The package insert for the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine manufactured by Novartis has been leaked on the Internet. According to that package insert, the vaccine (based on an earlier vaccine product known as Fluvirin) is known to cause a whole host of very nasty side effects such as guillain-barre syndrome, vasculitis, anaphylactic shock and even death. Of course anyone who has been studying vaccine side effects already knows that it causes all of these things, but the story here is that the insert for the swine flu vaccine itself is admitting all of these things. [full story] |
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
Fluoride Toxicity Research Collaborative
"So, in the case of diet drinks in aluminum cans, the very toxic brain aluminum fluoride compound co-exists with multiple toxins found in aspartame, thus creating the most powerful government-approved toxic soup imaginable. With the strong association between aluminum, excitotoxins, aluminum fluoride complexes and Alzheimer's disease, it would be completely irresponsible to encourage people to consume this toxic mixture. Yet, this is done literally billions of times every year in advertising." [full story] |
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
Tobacco company tried to cover up risks: report; Destroyed documents could be used as evidence in lawsuits
It is not so much that the tobacco industry has been able to ‘hide’ the truth about the dangers of is product for years that concerns me. It is the outright lack of interest to investigate or challenge this industry for decades by two of the most notorious health agencies that are designed to protect consumers, none other than the FDA and Health Canada, that makes my blood boil. [full story] |
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| Jan 4, 2010 |
Chair of Chemistry Department and former EPA chemist - US EPA refuses to do risk assessment of fluoride consumption
Dr. Bill Hirzy, chair of AU's Chemistry Department, worked for the EPA from 1981 to 2008. He says that despite pleas from department employees, the department still refuses to undertake a risk assessment of fluoride in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency ignores the dangers of fluoride in drinking water, according to Dr. Bill Hirzy, the chair of AU's Chemistry Department. [full story] |
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| Jun 15, 2009 |
in 1968, as I told you, they thought of people who thought about the connection of food and health as quacks. If you connected food and health you were a quack.
Dietary Supplements -- Health Care Reform and The Congress IAACN - 1st Annual State Symposium - 1994 Speech Given by Jim Turner If you were here this afternoon and the point that I made at that time was the tremendous power of the FDA and how pretty much all pervasive that it is in controlling 25% of the gross national product. I wasn’t explicit about it but I would just argue that the FDA and most of the other regulators - all the other regulators are an intricate part of the American industrial system. They are a crucial piece of keeping the corporate sector operating, and [full story] |
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| May 19, 2009 |
FDA Calls Cheerios an “Unapproved Drug” The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to cereal manufacturer General Mills
FDA Calls Cheerios an “Unapproved Drug” The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to cereal manufacturer General Mills for claiming on its cereal box that Cheerios can help lower cholesterol, and saying on their website that “diets rich in whole grain foods can reduce the risk of heart disease.” The letter, dated May 5, called the above claims “serious violations” of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and applicable regulations. FDA stated that based on the claims made, Cheerios is now an unapproved drug, and must [full story] |
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| May 16, 2009 |
DSHEA is the acronym for the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which Congress passed by unanimous consent in October 1994. President Bill Clinton signed the legislation into law (PL 103-417) on Oct. 25, 1994.
Before and After DSHEA DSHEA DSHEA is the acronym for the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which Congress passed by unanimous consent in October 1994. President Bill Clinton signed the legislation into law (PL 103-417) on Oct. 25, 1994. Dietary Supplements: Foods not Drugs back to DSHEA book page Dietary supplements have been regulated as a category of foods throughout the history of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. DSHEA reaffirmed that dietary supplements are to be regulated as foods. Critics of dietary supplements allege that dietary supplements are "unregulated." [full story] |
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| May 16, 2009 |
Wouldn't a WTO trade dispute against the US have to be triggered by the US acting to restrict imports of foreign-made vitamins and minerals?
Wouldn't a WTO trade dispute against the US have to be triggered by the US acting to restrict imports of foreign-made vitamins and minerals? And since DSHEA is more liberal in allowing potencies and forms of nutrients than most other countries' own standards, isn't that scenario fairly unlikely under today's laws and trade rules? Neil Levin (a DSHEA defender) [full story] |
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| May 13, 2009 |
Dietary Supplement Health Education Act [DESHEA] 1994 USA
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 Public Law 103-417 103rd Congress An Act To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish standards with respect to dietary supplements, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, §1. Short Title; Reference; Table Of Contents. · (a) Short Title. This Act may be cited as the "Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994". (b) Reference. Whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in [full story] |
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| Apr 30, 2009 |
Mr. Richards I would like for you to ask on the Commons floor why a family in your constituency was raided with a gun pointing to the wife and mother in the privacy of their own home?
Subject: re: RCMP and Health Canada Dear Mr. Richards MP, I appreciate the time you spent with me yesterday in Ottawa discussing my families nightmare with our home invasion from the RCMP and Health Canada. Instead of being rewarded from my years of service to humanity I am treated like a criminal. The government demands society to keep the law and yet Health Canada and the RCMP break the laws, this is a double standard. How can we move forward with health reform when they don't follow the current laws? My business is no more Health Canada took my full inventory with the [full story] |
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| Feb 12, 2009 |
Instead of being applauded for being a good citizen and helping people recover their health in a safer, more natural way, we were treated as if we were nasty criminals, dealing in drugs
Loving family treated as "criminals" by Health Canada!Natural supplements, readily available in the US, treated as illicit drugs.......By Eldon Dahl, ND Never in a million years would I expect to be telling fellow god-fearing Canadians what happened to my family and me. Having a life-time of working for the community, and caring for people, it seems hardly possible that this kind of humiliation would be allowed. Instead of being applauded for being a good citizen and helping people recover their health in a safer, more natural way, we were treated as if we were nasty criminals, dealing in drugs. [full story] |
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| Jan 25, 2009 |
Sanlu Fonterra Melamine Baby Formula Disaster - What is Needed is a Free Press and a Functioning Legal System
Sanlu Fonterra Melamine Baby Formula Disaster - What is Needed is a Free Press and a Functioning Legal System China's top-selling infant formula, made by the Sanlu Group, a joint venture with New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (Note: >From the internet) Domestic Infant Formula Testing (Melamine) Results www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/melamine/testresults.html FDA sets 'safe' levels for melamine in baby formula (CNN) -- After first saying that they could not determine a threshold for the safe amount of certain toxic chemicals [full story] |
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| Jan 14, 2009 |
People who fear that proposed changes to the Food and Drugs Act will lead to tighter restrictions on natural health products will gather for a protest at Queen's Park in Toronto this weekend.
Natural health products facing tighter regulation Updated Sat. May. 10 2008 9:27 AM ET Andrea Janus, CTV.ca News People who fear that proposed changes to the Food and Drugs Act will lead to tighter restrictions on natural health products will gather for a protest at Queen's Park in Toronto this weekend. Saturday's demonstration will follow rallies held on Thursday and Friday in other cities across the country. Opposition to Bill C-51, which proposes changes to language within the Act, is mainly coming from those who fear it will make it harder for consumers [full story] |
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| Nov 30, 2008 |
Health Canada, and I suspect all governmental regulatory bodies, more or less are usurped and essentially owned by the industry. Instead of scientists, Health Canada's upper management is now stacked with industry public relations men.
Corrupt to the Core Memoirs of a Health Canada Whistleblower by Shiv Chopra. In a word incredible! As a short introduction here is a 9 minute CBC interview. This long awaited book is sure to be ignored by the mainstream media. In it is proof, that shows how our public servants, education, institutions etc. have slowly but surely been usurped by the industry interests. It really puts into focus the words of, J. Edgar Hoover - FBI Director's, classic quote: "The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous that he cannot believe it exists" Explained [full story] |
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| Nov 26, 2008 |
Health Canada, and I suspect all governmental regulatory bodies, more or less are usurped and essentially owned by the industry. Instead of scientists, Health Canada's upper management is now stacked with industry public relations men.
This long awaited book is sure to be ignored by the mainstream media. In it is proof, that shows how our public servants, education, institutions etc. have slowly but surely been usurped by the industry interests. It really puts into focus the words of, J. Edgar Hoover - FBI Director's, classic quote: "The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous that he cannot believe it exists" Explained in great detail here, is what really happens in the bowls of the government, for some this write up may appear as preaching to the informed, however, this book will [full story] |
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| Nov 2, 2008 |
Over the past thirty years, over sixty FDA officials have retired to executive positions with Big Pharma.
It would be nice to get the file on Health Canada officials who have retired to executive positions with Big Pharma...................... ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: <BSardi@aol.com>Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:37 AMSubject: FDA officials retire to jobs with Big PharmaTo: scott@rivieramail.comCc: croft.woodruff@gmail.com Over the past thirty years, over sixty FDAofficials have retired to executive positions with Big Pharma. List provided by Phil Rudnick FDAOfficialsRetirementListDocumentation - a Partial List: David Adams members.austarmetro.com.au/~hubbca/fda.htm "...pay [full story] |
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| Oct 30, 2008 |
"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous that he cannot believe it exists"J. Edgar Hoover - FBI Director
"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous that he cannot believe it exists" J. Edgar Hoover - FBI Director Here is a great post from Christopher-Peter: Maingot, while it refers to the FDA you can bet your bottom $ that Health Canada is no different if not worse.....Much of this shit is imported to Canada from the US too. And this applies to a lot more than just Candy a full expose of Health Canada is contained in the must read Shiv Chopra's book: "Corrupt to The Core" available end of Oct. 2008.... [full story] |
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| Oct 27, 2008 |
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is effectively cutting farmers out of discussions about one of the most fundamental pieces of agriculture, namely control of seed.
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:56:13 -0500Subject: Fwd: CFIA cuts farmers out of seed meetingCFIA CUTS FARMERS OUT OF SEED MEETING The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is effectively cutting farmers out of discussions about one of the most fundamental pieces of agriculture, namely control of seed. Terry Boehm, Vice-President of the National Farmers Union (NFU), said the CFIA recently made changes to how varieties of crops are registered in Canada. "These changes were made over the summer months, when farmers were extremely busy," he said. "The CFIA created a three-part system for variety registration, [full story] |
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| Oct 20, 2008 |
The lead author of that study, sociologist and professor of comparative health policy Donald Light, concluded that "drug disasters are literally built into the current system of drug testing and approvals in the United States."
Unnatural disaster..The (United States Food & Drug Administration) has been making such a mess of things lately that even the mainstream has started to take notice. But none of the criticism I've come across so far has been quite as blunt as a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The lead author of that study, sociologist and professor of comparative health policy Donald Light, concluded that "drug disasters are literally built into the current system of drug testing and approvals in the United States." Light and his team analyzed [full story] |
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| Aug 2, 2008 |
(NaturalNews) Watching the FDA trip over its own clumsy self while groping for answers on Salmonella is a sad affair.
Health Canada and / or any other FDA trying to pass another bill, it is kind of like the freak out in security to make everyone think that we have to have non privacy to be safe.The FDA's Wheel of Salmonella (comic)(NaturalNews) Watching the FDA trip over its own clumsy self while groping for answers on Salmonella is a sad affair. Following the FDA-encouraged destruction of tens of millions of dollars of perfectly good tomatoes, this confused, bewildered agency admits that tomatoes may not have been the problem after all, and it has now set its sights on destroying the peppers industry. Is [full story] |
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| Jul 25, 2008 |
What is wrong with Health Canada's ADM making "Charter Treaties" with two foreign Countries? Wake up to the Fascist / Socialist Police STATE that you now live in
Trilateral Cooperation Charter Between The Health Products and Food Branch,Health CanadaCanada, The Food and Drug Administration,Department of Health and Human ServicesThe United States of America, and The Federal Commission for the Protection from Sanitary Risks,Secretaria de SaludMexico [full story] |
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| Jul 23, 2008 |
Now, critics are questioning why the FDA and the U.S. Customs Service failed to use their vast powers -- that can include confiscation -- to stop Ranbaxy's products at the border to protect American consumers and pressure the company to cooperate.
Critics question FDA, U.S. Customs handling of Ranbaxy case by George E. Jordan/The Star-Ledger Saturday July 19, 2008, 3:00 PM For two and a half years, the Food and Drug Administration collected evidence that Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's largest generic drugmaker, may have lied about the quality of medicines and chemicals it sent to the U.S. Regulators inspected Ranbaxy plants in India, subpoenaed records, visited warehouses in Uganda and Nigeria, and FBI agents raided the company's offices in Plainsboro and plant in New Brunswick. This month, federal prosecutors said in court papers [full story] |
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| Jul 4, 2008 |
the latest threat to our health freedom: the “FDA Globalization Act,” sponsored by anti-supplement Congressmen Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and supported by his colleague Rep. Henry Waxman.
The President’s DeskThe Latest Threat to Health Freedom By Robert Watson, President/CEO Recently a press release issued by the National Health Federation alerts us of yet another attempt by Congress to take away your right to purchase affordable nutritional supplements. The National Health Federation is a well-respected organization that has been on the side of health freedom for more than five decades. Established in 1955, it is an international consumer-education, health-freedom organization working to protect individuals’ rights to choose to consume healthy food, take supplements, and use [full story] |
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| Jul 4, 2008 |
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce released a Discussion Draft of the "Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008."
FDA Globalization Act of 2008: Fees, Fees, and More Fees Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce released a Discussion Draft of the "Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008." The “Discussion Draft is meant to stimulate discussion about how to provide adequate funding and authority for FDA to ensure safety of . . . food, drug, medical device, and cosmetic” products, according to a memorandum accompanying the draft legislation. The Energy and Commerce committee intends to hold hearings and to markup the draft in the next few weeks. The Discussion [full story] |
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| May 30, 2008 |
China sentences ex-head of FDA to death over drug company bribes
China sentences ex-head of FDA to death over drug company bribesby Byron Richards The penalty in China is death, in America it's business as usual. Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of China's FDA, was sentenced to death for accepting $832,000 in drug company bribes and for dereliction of duty. Like China, our country is in the middle of a drug and food safety crisis. Why is FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. getting a free pass? Why did the Senate just pass legislation (S.1082) that gives von Eschenbach significantly more power to do whatever he pleases? And exactly what is it [full story] |
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| May 28, 2008 |
"The purpose is to make an end run around any domestic law that interferes with food and drug multi-national corporate profits," John Hammell, a critic of the plan, told WND.
THE NEW WORLD DISORDERFood supplements targeted by trilateral dealMexico put in charge as U.S., Canada agree to follow Posted: April 04, 20071:00 am Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com John Hammell The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission have agreed to a Trilateral Cooperation Charter with counterparts in Canada and Mexico under the auspices of NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America that will crack down on public access to food supplements and vitamins. "The purpose is to make an end run around any domestic law that [full story] |
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| Apr 27, 2008 |
Dear Stephen Harper and Tony Clement, DO NOT pass Bills C-51 and C-52, you both need to get the criminal gangs that control Health Canada's bureaucracy under control. A message from TrueMan and the Canadian Coalition for Health Freedom - see below
[Publisher's comment - A Different Viewpoint by TrueMan: The Honourable Tony Clement, Canada's incompetent Minister of Health and part owner of a pharmaceutical company is not ensuring that his out of control Health Canada bureaucracy protect Canadians from the largest genocide in recorded history, BUT continues to do the bidding of the PHARAMCARTEL in illegal and unconstitutional Natural Health Product Regulations and now Bills C-51 and C-52, which are due for second reading in the Canadian Parliament this coming week. If the Conservative MPs do not vote against these terrible bills [full story] |
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| Apr 17, 2008 |
Natural Health Products Regulations and other related regulations claiming authorization from section 30.1 of the Food & Drugs Act,R. S. C. 1985, c. F-27
RE: Hedley Enterprises Ltd. – File number 110854, Submission Number 110854 and Site Number SL 300284, Company Number 14509 discretionary refusal dated October 3rd 2007 and the Alliance of Natural Health Suppliers’ and Canadian Coalition for Health freedom’s jurisdictional and legal positions on SOR/2003-196, Natural Health Products Regulations and other related regulations claiming authorization from section 30.1 of the Food & Drugs Act,R. S. C. 1985, c. F-27 In reference to our yet unanswered letter dated March 28th, 2008 [see Exhibit 1 for covering letter only], may we please have [full story] |
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| Apr 16, 2008 |
In reference to our meeting on February 26th 2008, I wanted to thank you and your team for taking the time to meet with me and discuss the escalating issues concerning small family businesses.
By fax only to: (613) 946-1615 Phone: (613) 952-2558 March 28th, 2008 Page(s): 46 Health Canada Our file: Hedley / ANHS Natural Health Product Directorate 2936 Baseline Rd. Nepean, ON K1A 0K9 Attention: Dr. Phil Waddington, N.D. Director General Dear Phil: RE: Hedley Enterprises Ltd. – File number 110854, Submission [full story] |
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| Apr 16, 2008 |
Doctors, regulators, publishers and others are all taking money, information and small presents from pharmaceutical companies and being influenced in the process, said Dr. Catherine DeAngelis.
Misleading medical research common: journal editor Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:49pm EDT By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Misleading research is often published in major medical journals and doctors are lending their names to it, the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association said on Tuesday. Doctors, regulators, publishers and others are all taking money, information and small presents from pharmaceutical companies and being influenced in the process, said Dr. Catherine DeAngelis. "It goes for all of us," DeAngelis, whose journal is influential nationally [full story] |
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| Apr 1, 2008 |
Think about this: In a nation where telling the truth is a crime, power belongs to those who enforce the censorship. Read 1984 by George Orwell to see what happens next…
FDA seizes $71k in herbal tea products as campaign of censorship against nutritional supplements continuesby Mike Adams (NaturalNews) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, continuing its campaign of censorship against truthfully-described herbal supplements, seized $71,000 worth of Charantea herbal supplements last week in a raid involving U.S. Marshals. The company, Fulllife Natural Options, was accused by the FDA of marketing an "unapproved drug" due to the truthful marketing claims that accurately describe the blood sugar lowering effects of the product's main ingredient: Bitter Melon [full story] |
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| Mar 29, 2008 |
HC Bureaucrats would rather see Canadians die rather than authorize the release of safe & beneficial nutritional product. They closed down a clincal trial at the University of Calgary, funded by the Government of Alberta, that already had demonstrated
HC Bureaucrats would rather see Canadians die rather than authorize the release of safe & beneficial nutritional product. They closed down a clincal trial at the University of Calgary, funded by the Government of Alberta, that already had demonstrated safety and efficacy. - CW Court Transcripts Criminalize Health Canada EnforcementRaymond, Alberta, April 6, 2006In the ongoing battle with Health Canada over the legality of providing a vitamin and mineral treatment (EMPowerplus) for various mental illnesses, Truehope has obtained over1800 pages of court transcript from the trial that played [full story] |
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| Mar 29, 2008 |
In reprisal, the FDA (USA agency) -- the following day after the Venezuela agreement was published -- declared Honduran musk-melons and canteloupes "unfit" due to salmonella contamination..........as well as our shrimp!!!!!
This is typical USA/World Bank tactics. Our government is disgusting! Dabonich@aol.com wrote: From: Dabonich@aol.comDate: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:21:03 EDTSubject: WAKE UP AMERICA letter from HondurasTo: Dabonich@aol.com I have just received permission to share this letter with you from my Honduran "sister". It is in response to VP Cheney's "So?" comment. Read it and weep as it will not make you proud to be an American. Hopefully the next election will fix that. Our media barely covers these things and then spins them like a top! PEACE, JUSTICE, EQUALITY! Barbara "Bo" Nicholson In [full story] |
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| Mar 26, 2008 |
"FDA has gone on the record as 'hating raw milk' in any form," says Mark McAfee, founder and president of Organic Pastures. "The harassment of our employees and grand jury investigation is just the latest round in the government v
FDA HARASSES DAIRY COMPANY EMPLOYEESGrand Jury Investigation is Latest Government Tactic against Raw Milk March 24, 2008: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Special FDA agents and investigators from the US Food and Drug Administration aggressively interrogated two young female employees of Organic Pastures Dairy Company, the nation's largest raw milk producer, with questions focusing on the dairy's interstate sales of raw colostrum and raw milk for pet food. The surprise interrogations took place after work in their private homes on the evening of March 19, just hours after Judge Tobias of the [full story] |
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| Mar 17, 2008 |
It is critical that, immediately, the Committee formally review with witness days the Freedom of Choice in Health Care issues.
URGENT FOLLOW-UPS By fax to: 613-992-7974 Phone: 613-995-4108 And by e-mail to: HESA@parl.gc.ca March 17th, 2008 Page(s): 42 House of Commons Our file: ANHS [CCHF] / Hedley Standing Committee on Health Sixth Floor, 131 Queen Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Attention: Ms. Carmen Depape, Standing [full story] |
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| Mar 12, 2008 |
The Food and Drugs Act Liaison Office will provide an independent and confidential resource for the public when they are experiencing problems with the regulatory process or with the application of policies or procedures under the Food and Drugs Act.
Attention: the Natural Health Industry and Consumers: Exciting News, our Coalition has been working closely with the Conservative government including the Hon. Tony Clement and his senior staff to bring much needed improvements to the accountability of Health Canada regulatory officials. We had provided the Minister’s staff last fall with our Coalition’s Ask List and now two of the 10 items have been addressed by the Conservative government, which has had a Standing Policy supporting Freedom of Choice for both consumers and Small Family Enterprises. [full story] |
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| Mar 11, 2008 |
OTTAWA – The Government of Canada today announced the official opening of the Food and Drugs Act Liaison Office (FDALO) to deal with issues concerning the Food and Drugs Act.
Health Canada 2008-40 PRESS RELEASE Government of Canada Announces New Food and Drugs Act Liaison Office March 11, 2008 For immediate release OTTAWA – The Government of Canada today announced the official opening of the Food and Drugs Act Liaison Office (FDALO) to deal with issues concerning the Food and Drugs Act. “The new Food and Drugs Act Liaison Office is part of a series of initiatives designed to modernize and strengthen Canada's safety system for food, health [full story] |
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| Mar 10, 2008 |
assuming there's a need to regulate; the fact that the American Association of Poison Control Centers has reported no deaths due to vitamins for the last 8 years suggests the putative dangers of "overdose" are somewhat overblown
This information provided by the The Canadian Coalition for Health Freedom For more information contact - Phone: 613-771-1797 Fax: 613-771-1435 E-mail: United@canadiancoaltionforhealthfreedom.ca Website: www.canadiancoalitionforhealthfreedom.ca Monday, August 15, 2005 The Vitamin police Tell me, again, just why the United Nations is so concerned about nutritional supplements???? Alan Bock Sr. editorial writerThe Orange County Registerabock@ocregister.com If you take vitamin supplements, as I do, you'll want to pay attention to an emerging debate over how closely vitamins [full story] |
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| Mar 10, 2008 |
“As more and more Americans start taking responsibility for their own health, it’s important that government acknowledge the positive impact dietary supplements have on disease prevention, and the substantial cost benefits to the healthcare system that re
This information provided by the For more information contact - Phone: 613-771-1797 Fax: 613-771-1435 DSEA Health Impact Study Results Announced and Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus Formed As the American population ages and U.S. healthcare costs skyrocket, taking certain dietary supplements could help seniors live independently longer, and offset healthcare expenditures by billions of dollars, a new study by The Lewin Group finds. The supplements studied — omega-3 fatty acids and lutein with zeaxanthin — have reported savings of $3.1 billion and $2.5 billion respectively over [full story] |
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| Mar 10, 2008 |
Unfortunately, there is a fine line between protecting people and denying the protected their rights. The medical community has been granted a cartel over the provision of health care services in Canada.
This information provided by the For more information contact - Phone: 613-771-1797 Fax: 613-771-1435 Freedom of Choice in Health Care ( A Fraser Institute article)Cynthia Ramsay Health care in Canada is considered an essential public service. It is a service which costs taxpayers billions of dollars but over which they have little, if any, control. The conventional medical profession was given the power of self-regulation by provincial governments in the 19th century after much lobbying by the profession. It was granted the power to police itself because only it understood the complex [full story] |
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| Mar 5, 2008 |
Jason turned to alternative healing when he came down with cancer for the third time -- and successfully cured his cancer by prayer and eating apricot seeds.
Please Help Us Spread the Word About This Injustice!World Arm Wrestling Champ, Jason Vale,in David and Goliath Battle with the FDAQueens, New York - 35 year old Jason Vale, who was terminal fromcancer, and went on to become the Arm Wrestling World Champion, isfacing another difficult opponent -- the Federal Drug Administration.Queens, New York - Jason Vale, a 35 year old, who was terminal withcancer, and went on to become the Arm Wrestling World Champion, isfacing another difficult opponent -- the Federal Drug Administration.Jason turned to alternative healing when he came down with cancer forthe [full story] |
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| Mar 4, 2008 |
It fascinates me that despite such blatant evidence, the majority of the natural health industry still supports the regulations.
Health Canada and Their Trojan Horse Natural health product regulations a threat to industry? by Shawn Buckley Federal natural health product regulations have only been in force for three and a half years, but it's already very clear that the regulations will put many small and medium natural health product manufacturers out of business, and limit and deny consumer access to many natural health products (NHPs). It fascinates me that despite such blatant evidence, the majority of the natural health industry still supports the regulations. They are Health Canada's Trojan Horse, [full story] |
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| Jan 27, 2008 |
Be sure to visit Truehope's website and learn the truth about who Health Canada officals really serve
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| Jan 27, 2008 |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Friday they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck & Co Inc and Schering-Plough's cholesterol medicine Vytorin following the drug's failure to work better than a generic
Taking care of business...pricey new drug fails to work better than cheaper generic version..... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Friday they would review whether to take regulatory action over Merck & Co Inc and Schering-Plough's cholesterol medicine Vytorin following the drug's failure to work better than a generic drug in a study of plaque build-up in neck arteries. The Food and Drug Administration said it had not yet received a final report on the study, called Enhance. The agency's review will take about six months after the final report is received, [full story] |
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| Jan 2, 2008 |
Under Pressure, FDA Reveals Deadly Drug Side Effects
Under Pressure, FDA Reveals Deadly Drug Side EffectsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) described the risks of several medications in a new report published in its Drug Safety Newsletter for health care professionals.The move came after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) sharply criticized the FDA in 2006, saying it has "a dysfunctional structure hindering its ability to protect public health." The Agency has also been criticized for not monitoring drugs after they're on the market. [full story] |
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| Dec 9, 2007 |
Last week it was revealed that the president of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Brian Day, jumped the queue to obtain speedy treatment for his five-year-old daughter who had a tumour in her leg.
Two-tier trauma Canada's locked-in thinking on medical care needs hospitalization By MICHAEL COREN By Michael Coren Toronto Sun December 8, 2007 Last week it was revealed that the president of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Brian Day, jumped the queue to obtain speedy treatment for his five-year-old daughter who had a tumour in her leg. There was a chance that the little girl might have had cancer and the public system required her to wait six days for a verdict. Dr. Day used connections to have the results back within a day. Thus the debate begins. Is the [full story] |
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| Nov 18, 2007 |
In an example of government double-speak, for the fifth time since 1989 the Food & Drug Administration has revised warnings that accompany red-blood cell boosting drugs (Aranesp, Epogen, Procrit), commonly used to treat anemia and fatigue in cancer pa
Knowledge of Health, Inc., Bulletin, November 12, 2007: In an example of government double-speak, for the fifth time since 1989 the Food & Drug Administration has revised warnings that accompany red-blood cell boosting drugs (Aranesp, Epogen, Procrit), commonly used to treat anemia and fatigue in cancer patients. While these drugs were approved to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, the FDA statement said "that symptoms of anemia, fatigue and quality of life have not been shown to improve in patients with cancer who are treated with these drugs." Say again? There is no [full story] |
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| Oct 7, 2007 |
These consumers are concerned about bills currently being considered by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, which would classify DHEA as an anabolic steroid
AHHA Special Updates e-Report October 2007 Dear Peter Helgason Special Update from the American Holistic Health Association with items of interest to those actively enhancing their health and well-being. Another free service from AHHA.This message is being sent in left justified format with some colored headers. If you have any problems with this format, please notify the AHHA office by e-mailing mail@ahha.org. We can switch you from the html version to a text only version. FEATURED RESEARCHAn increasing number of people are searching for ways to wean themselves off prescribed [full story] |
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| Oct 3, 2007 |
Is our adverse drug reaction (ADR) surveillance system working? The inquest into the teen's death responded with a resounding, 'No.'
AUGUST 30, 2004 VOLUME 1 NO. 15 Is Health Canada doing enough to prevent adverse drug reactions? ADR faxes and 'Dear doctor' letters fail to stem the rising tideof deadly new side effects By Marlene Busko Just when you thought it was safe to reach for the prescription pad, doubts about Canada's system for tracking drugs post-approval have come calling once again. The spironolactone controversy was sparked by an article in the August 5 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine which highlighted the high number of hyperkalemia deaths in Ontario, linked to spironolactone, [full story] |
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| Oct 3, 2007 |
Health Canada muzzles oilsands whistleblower. AB physician sounded cancer alarm, slapped with College complaint
Health Canada muzzles oilsands whistleblower AB physician sounded cancer alarm, slapped with College complaint By Peter Woodford Elevated cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan support Dr O'Connor's claimFrom Fort Chipewyan Health Data Analysis by Alberta Health & Wellness and Alberta Cancer Board, April 2006 A northern Alberta physician who publicly aired concerns over carcinogenic pollution from the massive oilsands development is being investigated by the province's College of Physicians and Surgeons. The complaint against him comes from none other than Health Canada, [full story] |
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| Oct 3, 2007 |
FDA Officials Sued Over Conflicts of Interests Part I
FDA Officials Sued Over Conflicts of Interests Part I September 30, 2007. By Evelyn Pringle digg Del.icio.us Seed Newsvine Washington, DC: A lawsuit recently filed in a federal court in Ohio against FDA officials on behalf of terminal cancer patients provides a rare window into the inner workings of an agency hijacked by pharmaceutical industry giants and stacked with insiders by President George Bush to guard against any threat to the profits of his top campaign contributors.The lawsuit's complaint describes a conspiracy orchestrated by top FDA officials to basically drive a small [full story] |
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| Oct 1, 2007 |
We truly live in an era of unprecedented "official" fraud, criminality and insanity.
The OUTLAWING of Nature and Health! This is an outrage – and shows clearly the stranglehold control that Big-Pharma has over the health/lives of citizens- via the dictatorial, legalistic Criminalization and Elimination of Nature and the wisdom of millennia – in a “supposedly” free country – that now insists on “exporting/ inflicting” this Dictatorial-Corporate/Big-Brother-Government Control on the rest of the planet via the regulations of CODEX - all in the NAME of “Protecting us!”. We truly live in an era of unprecedented "official" fraud, criminality and insanity. A vehement and immediate response [full story] |
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| Sep 30, 2007 |
a court has penetrated a seemingly impregnable immunity enjoyed by Health Canada regulators when it comes to faulty medical devices
Go to www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070911.wimplant11/BNStory/National/home Jaw-implant class action given the go-ahead KIRK MAKIN From Tuesday's Globe and Mail September 11, 2007 at 5:05 AM EDT An Ontario Superior Court judge has given an unprecedented green light to a class-action lawsuit against the federal government over jaw implants that disintegrated, leaving an estimated 2,600 people suffering a lifetime of intense, chronic pain. The case, which could result in settlements worth hundreds of millions of dollars, is the first in which a court has penetrated [full story] |
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| Sep 30, 2007 |
all regulatory bodies are indirectly or directly created by the industry and solely exist to foist unsafe products procedures etc on the unsuspecting public.
Wow this is truly a refreshing event. It is really sad that this sort of thing can even happen. Like so many regulations and procedures* this is yet another clear example of abuse of authority whereby illegal activity is made legal to serve the abusers. In my opinion just reversing a wrong does not make it right - what about just compensation equivalent that really damages Monsanto - as was done to those innocents who lost much more than their lively hoods? Also those unethical jugdes that allow this to continue should also be be included in any settlements.... *"...all regulatory bodies are indirectly [full story] |
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| Sep 26, 2007 |
An example of a Government Agency Protecting Sugar, Aspartame and Splenda interests:
An example of a Government Agency Protecting Sugar, Aspartame and Splenda interests: US FDA attacks the herbal no calorie sweetener Stevia. Where was MSNBC and the rest of the research challenged media when U.S. FDA agents in Texas attempted to burn a warehouse full of books about Stevia?Celestial Seasonings herbal teas containing Stevia are on supermarket and natural food store shelves in Canada and have been for several years. Is action by Health Canada next? Remember to ask HC's boss federal health minister Tony Clements: "Where are the bodies?" - CW [full story] |
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| Sep 23, 2007 |
the US Veterans Administration (VA), which treats many American veterans, has been deliberately withholding cancer incidence data
From: Gotemf@aol.comTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:31:20 EDTSubject: Fwd: cancer statistics witheld </HTML>---------- Forwarded message ----------From: "Martin Weatherall" <weather@golden.net>To: "W.E.E.P. Information E-mail" < weather@golden.net>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:55:51 -0400Subject: U.S - cancer statistics witheld From: Iris Atzmon THE HEIGHT OF ABSURDITY The next time you read a news story about how cancer is decreasingly a problem in the US, think again. California officials have revealed that the US Veterans Administration (VA), [full story] |
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| Sep 16, 2007 |
help stay the arbitrary hand of the Canadian state in its effort to dampen the resistance of the Canadian people
I guess we can be thankful Canadian Border Officials never saw fit to send Alison Bodine to Syria to be tortured - CW---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Charles Boylan <charles.boylan@gmail.com>Date: Sep 15, 2007 12:13 PMSubject: Urgent letter required for Alison Bodine To: Alison Bodine <info@mawovancouver.org>Dear Friends,I'm asking everyone to write a letter, as I've requested Dileep Athaide to do (see below) to assist Alison Bodine defeat the bogus charges being brought against her by Canadian border officials. Please write in your own words a brief letter [full story] |
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| Sep 16, 2007 |
Health Canada approval rules called 'insanity'
Cancer scans snarled in red tape Health Canada approval rules called 'insanity' Michelle Lang, Calgary HeraldPublished: Monday, August 27, 2007 This fall, the Alberta Cancer Board hopes Ottawa will approve a substance it produces for use in cancer images known as PET scans, a move that could allow hundreds of additional patients to undergo the important diagnostic technique annually. But the process of applying for Health Canada's approval of the product -- fluorodeoxyglucose, or FDG -- has been described as a case of bureaucratic "insanity," requiring years of research, $2 [full story] |
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| Aug 17, 2007 |
More rogue FDA attacks confirmed
Amazing Victory for Health Freedom in America By Rick ShalvoHealth Freedom Advocate One of the greatest physicians of our time, board-certified oncologist and anti-aging specialist James Forsythe, M.D., H.M.D., has finally been cleared of any wrongdoing and elevated to the level of protocol opinion leader after a long series of vicious attacks initiated by a rogue FDA agent. These attacks were then perpetuated by the U.S. Attorney's office in the form of a criminal indictment and an unrelenting investigation. The appropriate use of natural hormone replacement therapy for wellness, and [full story] |
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| Jul 24, 2007 |
A revised cost recovery framework (Official Notice of Fee Proposal) has now been posted at www.healthcanada.gc.ca/hpfb_costrecovery.
Le français suit Dear stakeholders: The Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) recently completed consultations on the proposed cost recovery framework for human drugs, medical devices and natural health products. A revised cost recovery framework (Official Notice of Fee Proposal) has now been posted at www.healthcanada.gc.ca/hpfb_costrecovery. This framework updates fees for the evaluation, licensing, and post-market surveillance of health products. Also available is a Stakeholder Consultation Report that outlines the input received during the April / May 2007 consultations. In response [full story] |
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| Jul 19, 2007 |
Please note - the Canadian federal government corporations do not have jurisdiction to implement these abusive concepts
You need to become aware that these federal schemes are solely designed to destroy innovative small family enterprises that are more effective at preventing treating and even in some cases curing most chronic diseases. If you want to know more please contact me at trueman@tucksprofessionalservices.com [full story] |
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| Jul 18, 2007 |
Canadian health food industry crisis
The Canadian health food industry is facing a crisis. As consumers, retailers, distributors and manufacturers, we have been duped into a losing game of progressive incrementalism. Dangling carrots of “approved claims” and “increased consumer confidence”, a succession of federal governments have fronted an odious policy from the senior levels of the Health Canada bureaucracy, a policy that has had the reverse effect. The “unmoved mover” behind the policy is the bureaucratic zeal to bind Canada to international standards, promulgated by international agencies, whose existence and power are directly [full story] |
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| May 26, 2007 |
Cost Recovery consultations - Consultations sur le recouvrement des
On April 4 2007, we advised you that the Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB) was launching on-line consultations on a proposed cost recovery framework to update fees for the evaluation, licensing, and post-market surveillance of health products. [full story] |
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| May 2, 2007 |
URGENT: Update on Cost Recovery & Its Impact on your
Further to our email to you of April 24, 2007 it is critical that each andevery one of you participates in the Health Canada consultation on CostRecovery. In order to quickly see the impact of the proposed fees on your business we have created a chart that will allow to you seewhat the financial implications are. [full story] |
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| Mar 19, 2007 |
Truehope Drags Health Canada into Federal Court
Since the Truehope public announcement* from David Hardy and Anthony Stephan earlier this week that they were going to sue the government and those who worked for Health Canada, things have escalated rapidly. Hence we are beginning to see hallow and possibly contrived propaganda against EMPower Plus i.e.... wonder where this evidence was during the earlier trial. [full story] |
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| Nov 20, 2006 |
Waived consent controversy: Video available_CNN: Paula Zahn
From messages received, I gather that many of you missed the CNN-Paula Zahn News segment about FDA's controversial approval of a commercially sponsored experiment on trauma patients in 38 American urban centers. [full story] |
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| Nov 13, 2004 |
Companies may face tighter regulation over promoting drugs
Companies may face tighter regulation over promoting drugsThe drug industry may be facing the same kind of sea change in business practices and regulation that other segments of corporate America faced in the wake of Enron and other corporate scandals, says an article in the New England Journal of Medicine ( 2004;351: 1891-900) Click here for more information [full story] |
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| Jan 12, 2004 |
Dangers Ahead for Alternative Medicine
Dangers Ahead for Alternative Medicine Some Thoughts on the New Year 2004 © By Peter B. Chowka (January 1, 2004) Occasionally I'm asked why a recurring theme in my reporting and writing in recent months and years has been socialized medicine and concerns about the ever expanding role of government in both conventional and alternative medicine. Read it here [full story] |
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