Readers Corner: ANH-USA’s Connections and Position on World Government
We’ve received some questions from a couple of our readers recently about some rumors that have been flying around the internet. Here is one:
02 Jul
2010
28 Jun
2010
Medical Radiation Exposure to Americans has grown Six-fold in a Few Decades
We’re number one. But that is not good news because the U.S. is number one in the world for medical radiation. Yes, that’s right that Americans get the most medical radiation exposure in the world. It is increasingly known that one of the most common and insidious ways Americans are over-tested and over-treated is the use of diagnostic tests that involve the use of medical radiation.
22 Jun
2010
How Somebody’s Medicines May Be Making You Sicker
This week we discuss several ways prescription drugs may be making us all sicker—whether through illnesses brought on because these medicines deplete critical nutrients in our body, or because we’re unwittingly consuming pharmaceuticals in the municipal water we drink.
14 Jun
2010
More Waxman Amendment News
The “Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” is now in conference committee, the conferees have been named, and meetings have begun. We still have an opportunity to make sure the Waxman amendment threatening supplements doesn’t end up in the final version of the bill—if we act quickly.
14 Jun
2010
Readers’ Corner
This week we answer questions about drug company contributions to senate campaigns, and learn that sometimes congressional offices don’t even know what their own members voted on!
18 May
2010
Nanotechnology: New Threat to Organic Foods
Nanotechnology has no place in organic food. Like genetic modification, it is the antithesis of the organic concept.
18 May
2010
U.S. Institute of Medicine Study Urges New Approach to Regulating Supplements – Big Pharma Influenced Doctors Get it Wrong Again
There are lots of studies. Why is this one important? The U.S. Institute of Medicine represents the heart of the medical establishment. Congress listens to it. The President listens to it. The FDA listens to it.
18 May
2010
Latest European Court of Justice Ruling on Supplements: Comme ci, Comme ça
An important ruling was recently handed down by the European Court of Justice in April about supplement regulation.
11 May
2010
Genetically Modified Foods: More Reason to Avoid Them; Why They Threaten Organic Agriculture
If you doubt that Genetically Modified (GM) foods pose a health threat, you’ll want to read this post.
27 Apr
2010
Vermont “Vitamin Tax” on Dietary Supplements Defeated
Our Vermont supporters and others defeated the “Vitamin Tax” in Vermont last week–a significant victory for consumers of dietary supplements.