Three recent studies fuel criticism already scorching the FDA for its failure to respond to the petition by AAHF/ANH-USA regarding exposure of children to bisphenol A/BPA. Research by the University of Rochester, published in the Journal of Andrology, found that males exposed to phthalates — found in dental sealants, composite fillings, soft plastic water bottles, […]
In 2006, then President George W. Bush signed into law the dietary supplement and OTC bill dealing with reporting on adverse events. Now, the French food safety agency, AFSSA (Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments), has launched a program to monitor the consumption of dietary supplements and any adverse events.
Despite increasing calls for transparency at the FDA, the agency’s sloppy performance continues to put consumers at risk both medically and financially.
Seize the opportunity to share your suggestions on how the FDA can improve its currently opaque “transparency policy.“ A second public meeting will be held November 3, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center at 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC (https://secure3.convio.net/aahf/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=431). The three discussion groups are:
According to the New York Times, federal agents have recently raided several companies suspected of making bodybuilding products that illegally contain steroids and selling them as over-the-counter dietary supplements. On September 29, 2009, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., chair of the Senate sub-committee on Judiciary, Crime and Drugs, convened a hearing on the topic. The forum […]
Aspartame, the controversial artificial sweetener that is broken down to methanol and formaldehyde, has prompted thousands of reports to the FDA about adverse reactions, including Dr. Russell Blalock’s 1994 book Excitotoxins. In some people, aspartame, which is found in over 4,000 consumer products, causes symptoms ranging from headaches to dizziness, vomiting, fatigue and diarrhea.
There’s an old adage, “Any publicity is good publicity,” but the exposure of four New Jersey lawmakers on the front page of the New York Times was anything but good news for them. The article reported that Menaflex, a medical device that reinforces damaged knee tissue, was approved only after the two senators and two […]
The New York Times reports that Judge Jeffrey S. White of Federal District Court in San Francisco has overturned U.S. approval of Monsanto’s GMO sugar beet sold as “Roundup Ready.” White ruled that the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service violated environmental law by failing to assess whether the beets would eventually share their […]
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) has announced a meeting of the board to take place November 3-5 at the Washington Plaza Hotel. In anticipation of this meeting, the Board will be accepting written comments and requests to present in person at the meeting until October 19. We would like to encourage all of you […]
Natural health and integrative medicine recently won a court victory, and it is worth taking a bit of time to understand what it means.