You are probably right. I was working from memory, which ain't as good as it use to be, but my figures on aspirin was way off too. It was 68,000 a year killed and 200,000 hospitalized. So, it doesn't change my point any.
If they are actually trying to save peoples' lives, why fool around with ephedra, go after the big killers. The point is, all the news hype about ephedra and the silence about aspirin is for p-r-o-f-i-t. The pharmaceutical industry wants to shut down the food supplement and herbal industries to gain complete monopoly and control of the health industry. Plain and simple. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "C Creel" <ccr...@adelphia.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: Re: CS>Fed handling of dietary supplement Ephedra > Dear Dick, > > > You said: > > > <<Ephedra supplements have caused less than 25 reported deaths, ever! > Aspirin > causes hundreds, or more, every year.>> > > > ** I think you may want to check your figures. > http://www.citizen.org/publications/release.cfm?ID=7180 > > > Metabolife and certain other companies have a tendency to put more than > one stimulant, or too much of a stimulant in their products. The > legislation being debated right now is geared to products or substances like > this where reports of adverse effects have been made. Have you read the > legislation? > > > Professional herbalists will be the first to tell you that ephedra should > not be available OTC. Used properly under the guidance of a professional, > ephedra can help with a number of conditions. > > > HerbMed has some info, including adverse effects and toxicology on > ephedra. > > > > http://www.herbmed.org/Herbs/Herb78.htm#Category5Herb78 > > Regards, > Catherine > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
