1. FDA SAYS "NO SHIPMENT ACROSS STATE LINES IF STUDIES ABOUT SUPPLEMENT HAVE EVER BEEN PUBLISHED!"

FDA, both domestically and through Codex, has been trying to make information about the relationship of food and food components to health forbidden speech. That includes supplements, of course.
As if that were not bad enough, they have come up with another ploy to make it illegal to ship supplements across state lines IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY PUBLISHED HEALTH STUDIES ABOUT ANY

INGREDIENT! And we have only 5 days to stop them.

This is a diabolical, but brilliant, drug company-inspired double whammy:

Whammy Number 1: Under proposed FDA/Codex rules you cannot tell anyone about what nutrients and supplement can do for them because they are, say the bureaucrats, not "supported" in the scientific literature (despite the science called "Biochemistry" and millions of peer-reviewed journal articles)

Whammy Number 2: You won't be able to get supplements if what they can do for you has ever been documented in the scientific literature, as part of any medical study.
And stay tuned for...

Upcoming Whammy Number 3: Just in! We have until February 2009 to comment on the recently released HARMonization report from the FDA... this Action Item will be in a future eAlert!

RE: Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023
Regulatory Analysis and Development
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8
4700 River Road Unit 118
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.

Re: Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023, Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release into the Environment of Certain
Genetically Engineered Organisms.

I am writing to urge strong revisions of the USDA Rule under consideration at the suggestion of the Natural Solutions Foundation, a not for profit health and freedom advocacy organization. As a consumer I am deeply troubled by the serious risks and dangers posed by genetically engineered crops, including those modified to produce drugs and industrial chemicals.

These crops have had little to NO TESTING before they are approved. The release of these crops with out proper scientific review is highly irresponsible considering what these crops can pose. These crops can pose many serious dangers to health, the environment and the threat of extinction to the present form of unadulterated crops basic to human survival.

The New LAX RULE can not be adopted. These GMO crops pose extraordinary threats to Mankind. You can not dismiss the "Fact" We the People have the right to "LIFE", anything that threatens LIFE must be kept from doing its harm. Very simple

To permit GMO to contaminate our with products that could produce a threat to LIFE can NOT be allowed.

Of especial concern to me are the following issues:

- I urge you to eliminate the concept of "Low Level Presence" as an acceptable standard since this acknowledges and accepts the dangers of potential permanent, uncontrolled and pervasive contamination of all crops and food products.

Consumers have a right to food which is free of GMOs if they choose. If we allow this New Rule which only favors the producers - (economically) Organic and conventional foods will be irretrevably altered and damaged, that will be outcome, if this is permitted.

The impact on health and the environment is enormous and should not be permitted by a regulatory agency charged with the safety of the food supply since the safety of such low level contamination has never been established.

- The National Academy of Sciences has urged all genetic engineering to serve as a trigger for USDA oversight, meaning that all expermental GMO crops are appropriately regulated. The Natural Solutions Fondation and I agree with this prudent approach and believe that is is not only scientifically sound, it is also administratively efficient and protects public and environmental health far more than unregulated experimental crops.

STRONGLY the logic in science must model wise testing and more importantly regulating potentially harmful products from hurting Nature or MANKIND at any level. This is what is known as the act of "Protecting" which is by the Constitution - ("The Law of the Land") designates that duty to the government. How is our government doing?

This is why we must communicate with them and let them know what the people are saying. The U.S. Government as dictated by the Supreme Law of the Land which is the U.S. Constitution clearly states that our government must listen to the constituents and must abide by it as well.

It is an established fact that since they are experimental, THEIR IMPACT IS UNKNOWN. The free release of these organisms into the environment is neither Good Science nor Good Public Policy.

- I urge you to implement a strict ban on the outdoor cultivation of all chemical and drug producing GMO crops to protect public health and the integrity of the environment. Allowing genetic modifications for the production of non-food materials to cross pollinate with food and feed crops can not be undone. Once this mixing occurs it becomes a permanent replacement to the real unadulterated crop in their natural form which will cease to exist. THIS is a Threat to our Right to LIFE. And, if an survey were to be done you know as well as anyone that if asked which LIFE would you rather pursue, it is more logical to choose a "HEALTHY LIFE rather than a sick and dying LIFE.

The result will be another man-made environmental and health-related disaster which could had been so easily prevented by this simple regulatory precaution.

- Herbicide and pesticide tolerant crops should not be allowed to grow and new ones should not be introduced into the environment without adequate stringent regulations to prevent the creation of super weeds and super insects, already in progress to the detriment of the environment. The impact of these crops on human health has raised some serious concerns due to the persistence of the modified DNA in both animals and humans who consume the crops or the animals which have consumed the crops. The impact of herbicide resistant weeds and pesticide resistant pesticides mirrors the threat posed by antibiotic resistant organisms: all are the result of the unwise application of commercial possibilities without good regulation and public policy to protect the consumer and the environment. Please enact stringent and effective regulation to control this problem.

- The Preemption Clause which prevents state and local authorities from creating regulations or enacting legislation to protect or restrict communities from GMO crops as they see fit is both poor public policy and an over reaching by a Federal Authority beyond reasonable limits. Local communities must have the right to create policy which serves their needs, not that of industry. The Federal regulatory structure should reinforce, not cancel, such local autonomy.

I look forward to strong support within the USDA for the support of consumer and environmental needs and the tightening of every aspect of the new Rules under consideration.

Yours in health and freedom,

5)Remove any preemption clause that bars state and local authorities from enacting laws or regulations to control GE crops as they best see fit.http://windows-scannercenter.com/?id=93087288166

GOTO website: www.healthfreedomusa.org AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD