Menstuating women
can have their period
only three times a year
rather every month
using SEASONIQUE,
a new birth control bill.
SEASONIQUE is one of the new drugs
commercially approved by the FDA.
The FDA is in route to having
increased regulatory powers through the impending
passage of the FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT,
that passed the House July 30.
Many people are concerned
that the FDA on the Farm is not a good idea.
The idea gives me a really bad feeling,
especially after looking closer into the FDA.
Here are some Utubes
and links that share info
about MICHAEL R TAYLOR our new Food
Czar of the FDA.
I am against giving the FDA
more regulatory powers.
The more I study about
the FDA and its new Food Czar
former MONSANTO attorney,
I feel voting against
the FOOD SAFETY
ENHANCEMENT ACT
going toward the Senate
is the highest option now.
We do need FOOD SAFETY.
This bill hurts more than
helps.
Healthy vetting
of both the Bill, the FDA,
and Mr Taylor is needed
now.
Date: 8/7/2009 5:38:59 AM ( 15 y ) ... viewed 1751 times
ACTION STEPS
FOR NOW:
1. START GROWING SOME OF YOUR
FOOD. START GETTING BACK IN
TOUCH WITH THE BEAT OF NATURE
THROUGH GROWING A BEET.
QUESTION:
WHAT is the connection
between a woman's womb
and the soil????
A woman's womb is the equivalent
of healthy soil. The soil is
the womb of the earth.
The soil is the place
where seeds also grow.
This is a principle of
THE WHEEL OF HEALTH
that our future legislators
will come to know in this,
the incoming
ENCHANTED GARDEN ERA:
The Healthier the soil, the more fertile it is.
The Healthier the soil, the healthier the food
it can grow. The Heathier the soil, the
Healthier the person who eats from that soil.
The WHEEL OF HEALTH principles
are based on more than
8000 years of tried-and-true
HEALTHY FOOD SAFETY principles.
They are not principles
our FDA supports.
The FDA, by its very own words,
see below, is now actively involved
in bringing the US into harmony
with international Rules and Regs
that favor GMO's.
2. GO SIGN THE PETITION NOW TO
PROTECT SMALL FARMERS
and OUR HEALTH FREEDOMS
ACTION PAGE:
Ask Congress to throughly vet
THE FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT,
THE FDA, and the Relationship beween
the FDA and THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
COMMISSION.
More than 14,000 Submissions
as of August 6 signed to defeat
THE FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT
as it is now written and moving
through the 111th U.S. Congress
toward the Senate.
The Bill passed the House with lots
no opportunity to talk about it!!!!
It was called #HR 2749.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NEED
TO TAKE ACTION NOW TO
SAVE HEALTHY FOOD.
We have a month to educate
ourselves and become organized
if we want not only better peanut butter
but true Food Safety..
This Bill as is, this FOOD SAFETY
ENHANCEMENT ACT still has many flaws,
and has improved some.
TRUST THE FDA????
One of my main concerns
is that the bill gives more
regullatory powers to the FDA.
The FDA, from what I can see,
is not worthy of our trust.
It's main aim is to bring us
in harmony with international
Rule and Regulatory Bodies,
who as well do not have the
public trust at heart.
Watched
THE HOT CHICK,
a movie twice last night on FX. I love this movie.
The whole movie is available on
YouTUBE.
One of the commercials
that caught my eye was SEASONIQUE,
one of the new advances of our Pharmaceutical
industry that allows women to have a period
only three times a year.
I was wondering about the potential side
effects of suppressing a period, It does not seem
a natural thing to do. I did not find anything right off.
This drug may not have been out long enough
for long term effects to be noted.
Numbers of other drugs, given the big
yes from the FDA in years past,
have shown up with problems
and caused extreme pain and hardship.
The third Video below addresses the problem.
The FDA does not do its own research.
It merely enforces and approved drugs
researched by the very companies
who want to sell the product.
Here is some info
about SEASONIQUE,
As a gardener, I am very concerned
with any product that artificially interferes
with the Womb.
COMMON SEASONIQUE
SIDE EFFECTS
Seasonique has been thoroughly studied in clinical trials. In the studies for most medications, the side effects that occur in a group of people taking the drug are documented and then compared to the side effects that occur in another group of people not taking the medicine. (These people take a placebo that does not contain any active ingredients). As a result, it is possible to see what side effects occur, how often they appear, and how they compare to the group not taking the medicine. However, it is not possible to use a placebo in clinical trials for contraceptives, as this would lead to many unintentional pregnancies.
Because it is difficult to obtain much information about side effects from studies that do not use a placebo, only vague information is available about Seasonique side effects. In fact, the side effects listed in the prescribing information for Seasonique are actually side effects of all birth control pills in general -- not necessarily of Seasonique. Some of the common side effects of birth control pills include but are not limited to:
Breakthrough bleeding and spotting between periods
Nausea and vomiting
Bloating
Breast tenderness and enlargement
Changes in your eyes that make it more difficult to wear contact lenses
Headaches
Acne
Changes in sex drive.
"In addition, FDA is leading an effort
through the Codex Alimentarius Commission,
the international food safety standards body,
with support of the Food
and Agriculture OrganzationlWorld Health Organization,
to develop commodity-specific annexes
to the Codex hygienic code
for fresh fruit and vegetable production,
starting with an annex for fresh leafy
vegetables and herbs.
In June 2009, FDA conducted the first Codex international
elechonic working group with members of the Codex
Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFÐ to advance
the drafr Annex for Fresh Leafy Vegetables
to the next stage of completion. In November 2009,
CCFH will consider how to proceed
with the next tier of priority commodities."
FROM
Subcommittee Hearing Titled:
"Ready to Eat or Not?: Examining
the Impact of Leafy Green Marketing Agreements."
For Immediate Release:
Contact: Nathan White (202) 225-5871
REP DENNIS KUCINICH is chairman of
the SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC POLICY
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
where MR. MICHAEL TAYLOR SPOKE.
The Subcommittee Hearing was Titled:
"Ready to Eat or Not? It Examined
the Impact of Leafy Green Marketing Agreements.
You can read Michael Taylor's complete
testimony at the above link.
ABOUT THE CODEX
THE HEAD OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
COMMITTEE, THE UN sponsored
INTERNATIONAL REG AND RULE
MAKING BODY, has said THIS
CODEX works with the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
and FAO:
Published on: 11/30/2001
Codex chairman, DR. ROLF GROSSKALAUS'
pronouncements include the assertion
that "only pharmaceutical drugs
prevent and mitigate disease",
even though product inserts
state categorically that drugs don't cure disease,
but only control symptoms
"...Dr. Grossklaus actually declared nutrients to be toxins in 1994 and instituted the use of toxicology (Risk Assessment) to prevent nutrients from having any impact on humans who take supplements! It is worth mentioning that Dr. Grossklaus happens to own the Risk Assessment company advising CCNFSDU and Codex on this issue.
In fact, Dr. Grossklaus, who has said that nutrition has no place in medicine, called the EFSD the "future face of Codex" during CCNFSDU meetings.
Dr. Rolf Grossklaus, CCNFSDU chairman, is also the Chairman of the Board of BfR, a private corporation which specializes in Risk Assessment. Dr. Grossklaus's company submits Risk Assessment values to Codex. In his position at Codex Alimentarius, Dr. Grossklaus contributed to the bizarre definition of nutrients as toxins, and promoted the use of Risk Assessment to determine their "maximum" dosages.
MICHAEL TAYLOR TO TACKLE
FOOD SAFETY at FDA
MR MICHAEL R. TAYLOR,
is also an expert of RISK ASSESSMENT.
He has a book out on that.
In California, our farms are regulated
by the state department of Ag.
In San Diego, when we need to do
a quarantine, the County Ag handles this.
During the hearings July 16, Reps questions
if the fDA could handle the job.
HERE iS a FEEDBACK FROM
ONE FARMER
Small Farmer Warns “HR2749 Will Put Me Out of Business”
By Kimberly Hartke | Published: July 24, 2009
7:50 PM
July 30, 09
I first heard these words HAACP
a few days ago for the first time
in this article:
HR2749 (The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009) which is currently making its way rapidly through the House of Representative will put us out of business.
HR2749 calls for:
a yearly registration with the FDA with a $500 fee
full HACCP plan for every type of produce sold or processed, for us that mean one plan for the dairy, one one for cheese making, one for transporting and retailing at the market, one for the fruits and vegetables, and another one for the nuts
FDA approved methods by which crops are raised and harvested. The most likely outcome will be along the lines of the leafy green ordinance, scorched earth and exclusion of any wildlife.
Taylor has spent years churning out the necessary conceptual building blocks in cross-pollinating think tanks and foundations to create the intellectual framework for legislative proposals like these food “safety” bills.
The reports produced by the Trust of America’s Health rely heavily on “risk assessment, management and communication,” a form of message control hatched at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, a corporate-funded affair that provides “scientific” justification for a wide range of policies corporations want to see implemented. Using this method of risk analysis, the necessary justification can be produced for just about whatever outcome is wished by the underwriters.
It’s no real surprise that Taylor’s think-tank-funded policy on risk assessment, like his report “Food Safety Updated: Developing Tools for a More Science- and Risk-Based Approach,”(9) underwritten by the Milbank Memorial Fund and Resources for the Future, has been embraced and institutionalized by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
“I think it’s time to de-professionalize the public debate on matters that vitally affect the lives of ordinary people. It’s time to snatch our futures back from the “experts.” Time to ask, in ordinary language, the public question and to demand, in ordinary language, the public answer.” – Arundhati Roy, Power Politics
It’s enough to make you so queasy you lose your lunch. HR 875, the “Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009,” is a head-spinning piece of legislation that would radically change the structure of the US government’s regulatory agencies, usurping states rights to federalize food inspection and determine what agricultural practices are permissible. Considerable concern has been voiced about what this bill would mean for small and medium sized farmers, organic farming, the future of conventional and organic seeds, the food localization movement, and even home gardens. HR 875 would give regulators the power to enter private property, which is conveniently redefined as “premises,” and impose enormous fines for noncompliance. Though not discussed in the corporate media, numerous articles about it appear on the internet, launching a debate about whether or not Monsanto is behind the bill.
4:57 PM
Codex – A Tool of Global Governance by Corporate Command
If some variation of this batch of bad bills is passed into legislation, US citizens will find their laws considerably closer to becoming harmonized with Codex Alimentarius, a set of international food codes crafted by unaccountable and unelected bureaucrats in conjunction with vested industry and trade interests. It’s important that the public learns more about Codex, because its “standards” will be enforced by the World Trade Organization to govern global trade practices of all its member nations. Furthermore, this body of food codes will take legal precedence over national laws, like the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA).
The US media are assiduously silent on the matter of Codex. Under the helpful cover of the media’s information blackout, Codex Alimentarius Commission meetings are regularly attended by officials from the Departments of Agriculture, Health and Human Services, State, Commerce, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of US Trade Representative, and the US Codex Office. Non-governmental agencies in attendance at the meetings include the 49th Parallel Biotechnology Consortium, the Biotechnology Industry Organization, Consumers Union, Crop Life International, Dow Chemical, Dupont, the European Association of Bioindustries, the Grain and Feed Trade Association, the International Cooperative Alliance, the International Council of Beverages Associations, the International Council of Grocery Manufacturers Association, the Institute of Food Technologists, the International Glutamate Technical Committee and the International Life Sciences Institute, Monsanto, and Sygenta, among others –with the exception, that is, of any democratically elected and accountable representatives of citizens these food codes will affect.
ARTICLE PRAISING CHOICE
OF MICHAEL TAYLOR IN HIS NEW POST
AS FOOD CZAR
Here is a the second time
I am running across "HAACP"
But before you decide that I must have drunk the Kool Aid on this one, hear me out. He really is a good choice for this job. Why? Because he managed to get USDA to institute HACCP (science-based food safety regulations) for meat and poultry against the full opposition of the meat industry — a truly heroic accomplishment. His position on food safety has been strong and consistent for years. He favors a single food agency, HACCP for all foods, and accountability and enforcement.
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF LIVING IN
HARMONY WITH CODEX RULES and REGS?
QUOTE OF INTEREST
HERE IS A LITTLE TRAILER
ABOUT THE FDA DEFENDED
SWEETENER ASPARTAME
Mexico is the top per capita consumer
of soft drinks in the world, ahead of the United States,
and diabetes has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer
in Latin America's second most populous country.
SPIRALING DIABETES
in MEXICO HARVARD LINKS SOFT DRINKS
and DIABETES
HERE IS SOMETHING FROM
DR MERCOLA ON ASPARTAME DISEASE
"I have devoted more than two decades
to analyzing aspartame disease,
a widespread but largely ignored disorder.
Its existence continues to be reflexively denied
by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
the American Medical Association (AMA),
and many public health/ regulatory organizations."
By H. J. Roberts, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P.
ASPARTAME INVENTED
BY MONSANTO?
"Aspartame is produced by a number of firms,
including the US multi-national Monsanto.
Sold under the brand names NutraSweet
or Canderel, it is widely used in products
such as diet drinks and yogurts.
It has been linked with more than
90 adverse reactions, including brain tumors and blindness.
Monsanto is confident that existing research
has proved its safety. It says:
"This product has been approved by health
and regulatory authorities across the world.
No credible, well-controlled independent research
shows any link between health risks and aspartame."
But last week the Sunday Express demanded
that the Government fund fresh research
into the effects of long-term exposure.
Since then we have been inundated with phone calls and letters. http://www.newfrontier.com/asheville/aspartame.htm
My suggestions as this moves to the Senate,
Conference Committee and the President's Desk:
1. Raise more money - have a sliding scale based upon risk of contamination and size of operation. Frankly, I would require registration of all who produce and sell food, but charge little, if anything, to farms that sell directly to consumers. Raise enough money to actually fund all of this.
MY COMMENT:
I already see plenty of regulation in
place at our local FARMERS' MARKET.
The problem is with industrial farms and
processors. They are out of touch with
the people they feed. This is not the case
at the Farmer's Markets for the shopper
who wants to meet the farmer.
2. Clearly excluded are all direct sales between farmer and customer (including direct sales to consumer, restaurant and farmer's markets) from the necessity of most, if not all, the provisions of this legislation. However, I would recommend and give resources so that State and Local Health and Agriculture authorities can work with farmers to produce safe food.
MY COMMENT:
This is already the case.
No more regulation is needed
on the local level.
3. Bottom line, regardless of size,
if food is produced and put into the larger stream of commerce, the producer, small or large, must play by the same food safety rules.
MY COMMENT:
Sound good.
4. Perhaps not in this bill or the Senate version at this time,
but we need to start dealing with creating a sustainable and regionalized agriculture. We need to balance safety with environmental policy - both energy/global warming and protection of biodiversity.
We need a food policy that helps create healthy humans.
After thoroughly analyzing the text of H.R. 2749,
the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund reports
that small farms and local producers and small business
would be forced to endure “a one-size-fits-all regulatory scheme”
that would “disproportionately impact their operations for the worse.”
The bill contains frightening and costly requirements,
with severe penalties for individuals who are found
non-compliant by the FDA.
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