As I understand this...we are a member of WHO and are automatically subscribed to whatever they subscribe to. They have subscribed to this supplement program and thus the US will somehow automatically be a part of it next August... Our sovereignty is slowly being eroded....
-----Original Message----- From: Nenah Sylver [mailto:ne...@bestweb.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:02 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: CS>How to combat CODEX > This is very important! It has already happened in Europe!!! > > If we do not TAKE ACTION to prevent this travesty here, by alerting our > legislators, friends etc. we will have only ourselves to blame if CODEX is > approved in the U.S. (please read the short article for details and for the > way to contact your representives) > > Please do all you can to see that our rights to buy supplements is not > unduly restricted. Thank you in advace for forwarding this email to > everyone in you address book. > > ------------------------------------ > from: Health Sciences Institute e-Alert > December 01, 2004 > > Dear Reader, > > In the days and weeks before a major earthquake, seismologists > often record tremors -subterranean rumbles, signaling that > something destructive is on the way. > > Consider today's e-Alert a tremor. > > Something very destructive is headed our way, and it will have a > deeply negative impact on your right to make your own healthcare > decisions. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Dreaming up dangers > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > In the e-Alert I sent you on Friday, 11/19/04, I shared this > comment from an HSI member who goes by the initials PKL: "My > friend, an ND, said 2 years ago that as the date for the USA to > comply with codex alimentarius rules approached (Aug.2005) we > would see scare stories coming out in the media about the > 'dangers' of common vitamins and supplements." > > PKL's friend felt the tremors coming. And his prediction was right > on the money. In recent e-Alerts I told you about two flawed > studies that produced over-the-top scare headlines regarding the > supposed risks of taking vitamins C and E in large doses. But these > studies are not isolated cases. > > For instance, a recent "long-term study" found that glucosamine > was less effective than a placebo in relieving arthritis pain. But a > closer look at the published research reveals that the actual study > period was only six months long, and all of the subjects had > previously found glucosamine to be effective over a two-year > period. (The researchers were counting those two years as part of > the "long-term".) Nevertheless, this research was reported as a > failure for glucosamine. > > Is the timing of these and other deliberately negative studies a > coincidence? Or is it part of a concerted effort to plant the seeds of > doubt in the mind of the public? > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Harsh harmony > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > As PKL pointed out, the whole point of planting those seeds is to > prepare for the approaching Codex deadline. > > The U.S. is one of the 165 member countries of the Codex > Alimentarius Commission - an international food standards > program created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) > and the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the purposes > of the Codex Commission is to "harmonize" international food > trade. And here are a few key elements of that harmonizing: > > * WHO classifies all dietary supplements as drugs > * The Codex Commission intends to limit over-the-counter sales of > dietary supplements while reclassifying others as > pharmaceuticals, available only through a pharmacist > * Under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, Codex guidelines > override the regulations of individual countries > * Member countries (including the U.S.) that refuse to accept and > enforce the WTO directives are subject to severe trade sanctions > > A strong tremor was felt just last month when the Codex > Commission approved draft guidelines that will begin restricting > the sale of dietary supplements as early as next summer. So in spite > of our current laws that make a wide range of vitamins, minerals > and herbal formulations readily available, the U.S. is poised to > simply put those laws aside to conform to the unacceptably > restrictive Codex guidelines. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Whose country is it anyway? > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Incredible, isn't it? Our freedom to make our own healthcare > choices may simply be taken away by an international commission. > But at this point, the imposition of the Codex guidelines isn't > necessarily a done deal. And although the situation is not > promising, it's still not too late to help prevent it from happening. > > I strongly urge you to join me in taking a moment to send a brief > letter or e-mail to your Senators and Representatives. (You can > easily find Congressional street addresses and e-mail addresses at > congress.org just by entering your zip code. We've heard that snail > mail gets more attention from our public servants than e-mail.) > > (Note by Dave: If you can't write hard copy mail here's a site you can > access to get you representative's and Senators email . . . > http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ > Suggestion, copy the email to yourself. When you receive it, print it. Now > you have "hard copy" > Then send by snail mail - won't hurt them to hear from you twice. > For your senators address: > http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm > For your congressperson's address: > http://www.house.gov/writerep/ ) > > Tell them that you strongly oppose the international > "harmonization" of dietary supplement laws, drafted in another > country, and designed to "protect" you from the choices you make > about your personal healthcare. > > Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., has written a sobering description of > what life would be like under the Codex regulations. You can find > Dr. Wright's editorial on the web site for his Nutrition & Healing > newsletter: wrightnewsletter.com. Look for the heading titled > "Featured Article." Dr. Wright offers links to other resources with > detailed information about Codex and he also suggests further > actions we all can take. > > Finally, tell your friends and let them know what's going on. We > obviously can't depend on the mainstream media to adequately > report this one, so it's time to get the message out by word of > mouth. > > If we don't act now, these rumbling tremors may develop into > something far worse. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. 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