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 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
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