VICTORY AT CODEX!!! Anti-Supplement NRV Document Held Back Because of NHF

From the National Health Federation

   This week of November 2-6, 2009, the 31st Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) met in Dusseldorf, Germany to continue its work in developing standards for global nutrition. Some 260 delegates were in attendance, comprised of various countries’ functionaries and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) representatives. Never one to disappoint the crowd, Dr. Rolf Grossklaus returned for his final, farewell performance as the CCNFSDU Chairman.

         The Committee covered various topics, among them methods of assaying fiber and the establishment of Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)./¹ At the special Saturday meeting of the CCNFSDU Working Group on Nutrient Reference Values for Non-communicable Diseases, the NHF was represented by its president Scott Tips and was very active in making its pro-freedom views known. (See our previous release athttp://www.thenhf.com/press_releases/pr_01_nov_2009.html.)

         At both meetings (that of the Working Group and the Committee), NHF especially took to task the God-like aura given to the “expert consultations” of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO). These are pre-selected groups of experts with a pre-determined outcome to their “consultations” and are hardly scientific. Along with other delegations, the NHF succeeded in retaining language in Codex standards that ensured that Codex would not just look to FAO/WHO expert consultations for scientific knowledge.

Amazing Victory

         But the real battle and amazing success took place on Tuesday, November 3rd, during the general session, when the two agenda items covering the NRVs for non-communicable diseases, including the “Proposed Draft Additional or Revised Nutrient Reference Values for Labelling Purposes in the Codex Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling,” were discussed by the Committee.

         The CCNFSDU was all prepared to rubber-stamp its approval on the “Proposed Draft Additional or Revised Nutrient Reference Values for Labelling Purposes in the Codex Guidelines on Nutrition Labelling,” which had been pushed by the delegation of the Republic of Korea and others.l

         This document was so astoundingly anti-vitamin and mineral it infuriated the NHF representative, who had to restrain himself from using harsh and insulting words when it came NHF’s turn to speak. Appendix 2 of the document is only two pages, but contains already-low values for each of the Vitamins and Minerals listed in the Appendix (except for Fluoride, which of course has an excessively high value). (To see the document, go to www.thenhf.com/press_releases/Appendix2photo11-09.pdf)

         For example, the “scientific” values assigned to Vitamin C were being reduced from an already-low 60 milligrams to an even-lower 45 milligrams! The NRV for magnesium was to be cut from 300 milligrams to 240 milligrams. Niacin’s value was to be chopped from 18 milligrams to 15. These were, and are, absurd numbers, based upon nutritional ignorance.

         Over a one-hour period, the NHF took the floor repeatedly to lambast the document and to insist that its adoption would be a public-relations nightmare and make Codex the laughingstock of the World. If anything, NHF said, these numbers must be drastically raised. The argument swirled around the room with the NHF holding firm against comments from many other country delegations, especially Australia (which calls harsher standards "an extra bit of comfort"), all of whom thought that these numbers were perfectly normal! Had NHF not challenged the document, there would have been no sustained opposition to its passage.

         Instead, NHF kept unrelentingly hammering at the points it had first raised and answered at every chance the counter-arguments of the document’s proponents. Finally, the Chairman, perhaps in exasperation, suggested that the Committee not advance the document to its next step because there was no consensus! This “compromise” was supported by NHF but opposed by others until, with it still hanging in the balance, the Indian delegation firmly stated its support for NHF’s position and against it advancing. India’s timing was impeccable. That was enough for the Chairman, who quickly concluded the debate and held the document back.

         But for the National Health Federation, India, and also Costa Rica and Iraq, this document would have advanced towards a more final, fixed form. Now, it remains in a malleable form that will let it be corrected at next year’s CCNFSDU meeting.

         Increasingly recognized at these Codex meetings, NHF appreciates the support it has been given by other country-member and INGO delegations. Most of all, though, NHF appreciates the support its membership has given it, financially and morally, that enabled this victory to happen at all.

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¹ Not to be confused with Maximum Upper Permitted Limits, Nutrient Reference Values (“NRVs”) are nothing more than souped-up RDAs. These are numerical values assigned to each nutrient so as to reflect the mythical typical person’s nutritional needs for that nutrient. By referring to the NRV for, say, magnesium, the consumer is supposed to get an idea of whether he or she is getting an adequate (or in European bureaucratic eyes, an excessive) amount of magnesium. If a consumer, for example, sees that he is getting 100% of his daily requirement for Vitamin C, he will almost certainly mistakenly think that he need look no further to supplement his diet.; he is, after all, getting his full needs met, even though 100% will be defined as 60 milligrams! These values are supposed to be set according to rigorous scientific evidence; but, as NHF has long contended, “science” at Codex levels is far more political than scientific.

 

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Misc. & Consolidated Notices. See Index - 2009-11-02

Chris Gupta

Note: 1: These posts are not intended to promote anything - instead they are an effort to expose issues not covered in the mainstream media and provide fodder for the thinking person...You are encouraged to take matters in your own hands with the tools and ideas provided here and elsewhere.

Note 2: Action items are more effective when you also write, print out the petition and send it by snail mail, or telephone your representative directly and don't forget to be persistent! Send follow up letters and/or fax, phone and keep demanding a response on how and what they will actually do to mitigate concerns outlined. Often reading the petition will empower you to better deal with the establishment propaganda....

Index:
1) Urgent Notice: Canadian Natural Health Collective (CNHC) - LAST 48 HOURS TO STOP BILL C-6
2) Weston A. Price Foundation Invite
3) Keep The Letters And Phone Calls About The Swine Flu Vaccine Going To Your State Legislators And Governor
4) Bulb At A Time..
5) Raw Milk Petition Now Online - Ontario
6) Key Witness in Michael Schmidt Trial Speaks
7) Calling all Aldara victims

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1) Urgent Notice- Canadian Natural Health Collective (CNHC) - LAST 48 HOURS TO STOP BILL C-6

SHAWN BUCKLEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR US.

48 HRS TO GET A CRITICAL MESSAGE TO 12 KEY SENATORS

GO STRAIGHT TO CAMPAIGN OR LOG ONTO TO  http://www.cnhc.ca/campaign5.html

Shawn Buckley has been invited as 1 of the key 14 national witnesses to appear before Senate Committee. That's the good news.

The bad news? If you are on CNHC's Facebook you know he is in court unable to have a face to face with this Committee for 3 weeks. As of Friday October 30th the Committee has not given him another option to appear.

We need to change that because sending paperwork of his Bill C-6 discuss= ion paper does not give him an opportunity to speak for us.

NO SUBSTITUTES

It is imperative that he be allowed to give his testimony before this Committee. We all know his perspective is absolutely essential and irreplaceable.

We have only tomorrow Monday November 2 and Tuesday November 3 to let this Committee know that the public wants Shawn Buckley to represent us in Ottawa.

CNHC has written a short letter posted on the new campaign page that you can fax email or read parts of when you call tomorrow.
48 HRS TO PHONE EMAIL & FAX

Flood the emails=2C faxes and phones with your voice TODAY AND TOMORROW!

Act with thousands more across Canada on the latest and urgent CNHC Campaign.

Share this with all of your friends who care about Canada's future.

GO TO CAMPAIGN NOW

We are losing our most significant witnesses! See also:

"some Senators on the Committee reviewing Bill C-6 would be so afraid of my witness appearance that they are not only blocking me or David from appearing, but had arranged for a so-called "Consumer Advocate" that I do not even know to directly attack me in his limited 10 minute presentation." TT

See:

Senators urged to ignore lobby opposing product-safety bill

Environmental Defence urges Senate to pass consumer products bill

Extracted from: Bill C-6 Questions For MPs Or Any Bill For That Matter!

Please share this with your network of contacts and/or with your webmaster to post it on your website(s) and/or send it out to your email lists:
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This is time sensitive & NHP (Natural Health Product) related and it affects most of us, (to some groups this may be a one time post only), and links to sign up for info are below. 

�Activism is the rent we pay for living on this planet.� - Alice Walker, author of The Colour Purple  �If you�re not outraged you�re not paying attention.� - Author unknown

Canadian Natural Health Collective (CNHC) has 3 campaigns with a fast turn around time underway right now, check these out, log on, decide, act, subscribe and share!
http://www.cnhc.ca/3campaigns.html

Protect Your Rights!  If you want your choice of NHPs to be maintained, you need to act now.  It's easy to make a dramatic difference by sending in these letters: 
http://www.cnhc.ca/campaign2.html

Stop Bill C-6: Email Canadian Senators today if you haven't already - find the emails & prewritten guide letter at this link:
http://cnhc.ca/campaign3.html

See also: Bill C-6 Questions For MPs Or Any Bill For That Matter!

The Battle Against Bill C-6 (Vitality Magazine, Sep/09 issue)
by Shawn Buckley with introduction by Helke Ferrie
http://www.vitalitymagazine.com/sept09_helkefeat

Click here to:
Subscribe to the CNHC mailing list -
http://www.cnhc.ca/subscribe.html
Become a Fan of CNHC on Facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Natural-Health-Collective-CNHC/135936343813

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2) Weston A. Price Foundation Invite

September 23, 2009

  Dear Friend:

  We�ve missed you!  What more perfect time to catch up on what�s happening with the Weston A. Price Foundation then at our 10^th Annual Conference being held November 13 � 16, 2009?  We�d love to see you there. 

  WISE TRADITIONS 2009
Tenth International Conference of the Weston A. Price Foundation

  HONORING THE SACRED FOODS
Friday, November 13 - Saturday, November 14 - Sunday, November 15
Plus special activities Monday November 16
Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center
Schaumburg, Illinois (near Chicago)

  TO REGISTER, Visit https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/2009registration.htm  or call (304) 724-3006.
 
A Showcase for Delicious Traditional Food.
A Unique Opportunity for Health Professionals and
Laymen interested in Diet and Health.
WAPF Members Networking, Friendship and Fun

  Seminars and Sessions on
        Gut and Psychology Syndrome
        Radical Medicine 
        Traditional Diets
        Healing with Traditional Foods
        Holistic Cancer Therapies
        Natural Plant Toxins
        Pasture-Based Farming
        Direct Farm-to-Consumer Sales
        WAPF Lifestyle and Economics
        Traditional Food Preparation
        Live Blood Cell Analysis
        Spacial Dynamics

  FEATURED SPEAKERS
Dan Barber, master chef
Ted Beals, MD, raw milk expert
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD, author of Gut & Psychology Syndrome
Meg Cattell, DVM, grass-based farmer
Thomas Cowan, MD, author of Fourfold Path to Healing
Karl Dallefeld, Prairie Creek Cattle Company
Kaayla Daniel, PhD, author of the Whole Soy Story
Charles Eisenstein, author of the Yoga of Eating
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, author of Nourishing Traditions
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD, holistic cancer expert
David Gumpert, author of The Raw Milk Revolution
Scott Gryzbek, CEO, Zukay Live Foods
Sarah Hearn, E. F. Schumacher Society local currency expert
Steve Heyer, alternative energy on the farm
Anore Jones, author of The Fish We Eat
Pete Kennedy, Esq., President, Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
Amanda Love, The Barefoot Cook
Chris Masterjohn, expert on fat-soluble vitamins
Jaimen McMillan, Spacial Dynamics
John Moody, founder of Whole Life Buying Club
Mary Newport, MD, on coconut oil for Alzheimer's
Kathy Pirtle, author of Performance without Pain
Gerald Pollack, PhD, author of Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life
Stephanie Rivers on healthy school lunches
Beverly Rubik, PhD, author of Life at the Edge of Science
R. J. Ruppenthal, author of Fresh Food from Small Spaces
Anne Sergeant, PhD, on budgeting for nutrient-dense food
William Shaw, PhD, Director, Great Plains Laboratory
Garrett Smith, NMD, expert on nightshades
Kim Thompson, movement educator
Jennette Turner, author of Cooking with Jennette
John Turner, DC, CCSP, DIBCN, sports physician
Tim Wightman, author of the Raw Milk Handbook
Louisa Williams, ND, author of Radical Medicine
Will Winter, DVM, journalist and lecturer on sustainable agriculture

  LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION
The conference will be held at the beautiful Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois Friday, November 13 through Sunday, November 15 (with additional activities held Monday, November 16).

To make your hotel reservations, please contact the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL at 1-800-228-9290 or 1-866-204-0549.

• The rate for occupancy is $139.00 per night, plus applicable taxes.
• There is no additional charge for double, triple or quadruple occupancy.
• There is no fee for parking.
• Be sure to mention the code "WISWISA" to receive the discounted rate.
• All rooms have mini-refrigerators.
• CUT-OFF DATE FOR MAKING HOTEL RESERVATIONS IS November 2, 2009.
• You may make your hotel reservation online by clicking here http://cwp.marriott.com/chirs/wisetraditions/ or cutting and pasting this address into your browser.

Should you have any difficulty making your hotel reservations, please contact the meeting registrar at (304) 724-3006.

MONDAY ACTIVITIES

Monday activities include the annual chapter leaders meeting with Sally Fallon Morell, a farm tour with Kathy Kramer, a Spacial Dynamics workshop with Jaimen McMillan and cooking classes with Jeanette Turner and Stephanie Rivers. 

Additional fees apply for the farm tour, cooking classes and Spacial Dynamics workshop.  Space for the farm tour, Spacial Dynamics workshop and the cooking classes is extremely limited so be sure to sign up for the Monday activity of your choice when you register for the conference.

CHILDCARE

The Wise Traditions Conference is pleased to provide a children's program for this year's meeting. $100 per child, includes lunch. Children 3 - 12 who are potty trained are welcome to Wise Traditions 2009 as long as they are enrolled in our children's program. For the sake of other conference attendees, we ask that parents refrain from bringing children to the conference sessions.

Please note: We will serve nourishing traditional food (including fruit and natural sweeteners) but we cannot cater to special diets in the children's program. There may be casein and gluten in the children's lunches and snacks. Parents will need to supply their own food if their children are on special diets.

New this year: A special room has been set aside for mothers of infants who want to attend the conference. There will be a live audio feed from one of the sessions to that room throughout the day's events. There will be no child care provided for infants and children under age 3.

CONFERENCE FOOD

As always, the conference will feature delicious traditional foods.  To view the menus, visit http://westonaprice.org/conferences/2009/menus.html. (Menus are subject to change without notice.)

This year, for the first time, we will also provide gluten-free, casein-free alternative meals. Participants requiring gluten-free or casein-free meals will be served in a separate buffet with the exception of the Saturday banquet which is GF/CF with sauces served on the side. If you wish to have this option, please select the GF/CF option on your registration form.

  ROOM SHARES AND RIDE SHARES
Connect with other conference attendees using the Room Share/Ride Share Forum: https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/wisetraditions/forum/default.asp

  Continuing Education UnitS for many health professionals attending the full conference.  For further information visit http://westonaprice.org/conferences/2009/ceus.html.

  POSTER PRESENTATION: Submissions of abstracts for poster presentations from health professionals on a broad range of topics relating food and nutrition to health are welcome. Contact info@westonaprice.org for further information.

  For Further information, Visit http://westonaprice.org/conferences/2009/index.html or call (304) 724-3006.

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3) Keep The Letters And Phone Calls About The Swine Flu Vaccine Going To Your State Legislators And Governor

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Vaccine skepticism is in the air

By Melissa Healy

September 14, 2009

"With the healthcare debate storming on, a study on attitudes over the flu vaccine shows a clear distrust in government. For some, such as blacks and immigrants, suspicions have deep roots."

�In a time when Americans are engaged in fierce debate over the federal government's role in their healthcare, many citizens are less inclined than ever to accept the warnings of the Department of Health and Human Services or the recommendations of its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says Sandra Quinn, a University of Pittsburgh public health professor who has just completed a national survey of attitudes about the flu vaccine.�

�Vaccine refusers have long decried vaccine mandates and campaigns as an unwarranted intrusion of parents' and local school boards' rights. And against the backdrop of charges that a "public healthcare option" would hijack patients' choices, such complaints have taken on new resonance for some. �

�And for a new generation of vaccine skeptics, there are new objects of distrust. For some, it flows from a suspicion of the multinational corporations that develop and manufacture vaccines. For others, it comes from a belief that media outlets have hyped the pandemic flu story to secure the attention of readers and the revenue of advertisers. And many simply doubt the competency and independence of government agencies, which they believe are too inept, overwhelmed or co-opted by corporate interests to secure the safety of the nation's drugs and food supply.�

�Adding to the wariness toward the forthcoming H1N1 vaccine is the fact that the formulations used on patients in the United States might require the use of adjuvants -- special agents added to a vaccine mix that rev up the immune system and foster a stronger immune response��

Entire article posted at:

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-hew-no-fear-side14-2009sep14,0,4079394.story

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4) Bulb At A Time..

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a billion of them would . With that thought in mind, read the following, obviously written by a good Canadian.
Good idea . . . one light bulb at a time . . . .

Check this out . I can verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments . They were all made in China . The next day I was in Home Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in Canada. Start looking.

In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else - even their job. So, after reading this email, I think this lady is on the right track . Let's get behind her!

My grandson likes Hershey's candy . I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now. I do not buy it any more . My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico now. I have switched to Crest .. You have to read the labels on everything .

This past weekend I was at Wal-mart . I needed 60W light bulbs . I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off brand labeled, "Everyday Value. " I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this -in Canada in a company in Ontario.

So throw out the myth that you can not find products you use every day that are made right here .

My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in Canada - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying Canadian, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!

(We should have awakened a decade ago . . . . . . )

Let's get with the program . . . . help our fellow Canadians keep their jobs and create more jobs here in Canada.

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5) Raw Milk Petition Now Online - Ontario

Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:48:52 -0500
From: "Natural Milk.org" <info@naturalmilk.org>

We have created an online raw milk petition at  http://www.petitiononline.com/rawmilk2/petition.html  but please note that it is only for Ontario residents to sign since we are working with a lawyer to ensure that if the petition is ignored by the Ontario authorities, legal proceedings can be started to compel them to perform their statutory duty.

  So if you can, please sign it and distribute widely.

  Thank you.

  James McLaren
www.NaturalMilk.org

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6) Key Witness in Michael Schmidt Trial Speaks

From: Kimberly Hartke <kim.hartke@comcast.net>

Dear Editors and Reporters:

Michael Schmidt Month on Hartkeisonline.com is coming to a close. Here are the final blogs on the Michael Schmidt trial.

The judge is making his decision between now and January on the final verdict. Please contact me if you have an interest in interviewing any pro-raw milk experts, or consumers who value this food for their families sustenance.

Key Witness in the Michael Schmidt Trial Shares his Thoughts

New Guide to Raw Milk Food Safety Released

Raw Milk Fear Mongering Backfires on Bureaucrats

The Bovine Blog Does Canada a Great Service

Happy Birthday Bovine Blog

If your publication has published anything on the Michael Schmidt case this past month, I would love to link to it from my blog.

Please send the hyperlinks to me at kim.hartke@gmail.com
Kimberly Hartke, Publicist
Weston A. Price Foundation
raw milk drinker and proud owner of 2/26's of a cow named Aster
home office 703-860-2711
cell 703-675-5557

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7) Calling all Aldara victims

From: Doctors Are Dangerous <info@doctorsaredangerous.com>

 
Hello Friend,

Would you like to be in our movie? We have spent two and a half years filming ONE ANSWER TO CANCER:  THE MOVIE. This documentary exposes the terrible truth about Aldara, one of the most poisonous drugs ever unleashed upon an unsuspecting public.� �  We are now in the editing process, and nearly finished.� �  There is still room for a few more short videos or photos, for those victims who want to fight back.� �  �

Please reply via email with a contact phone number, and forward this to everyone you know. You can help us create a community of concerned and empowered citizens.

Yours in good health

Elaine Hollingsworth

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Suzzane Somers' book "Knockout" & S. Burzynski interview on Larry King

Watching Larry King's interview last night with Somers, Burzynski, Dr. Black of the Cedars-Sinai Hospital and Dr. Brawley, Head of the Cancer Institute, I was torn between my innate skeptical nature (regarding both sides of this issue) and my desire to believe that the FDA and the medical profession do indeed "doctor" the research and findings to suit their goals (whatever they may be) in the battle to cure cancer. Somers is clearly passionate about her position and also obviously intent on winning converts and selling her new book. Burzynski of course has a vested interest in obtaining as many patients for his Houston clinic as possible. I'm left wondering if this kind of celebrity publicity does any good for those who are suffering from any type of cancer and / or in the throes of chemo.

Today I've been reading up on Burzynski and Somers and her new book on the net and found lots of interesting info. Here's a couple of examples. Looking forward to any comments.

Barbara

From Quackwatch.org:
"Stanislaw Burzynski and "Antineoplastons"
(by) Saul Green, Ph.D.
Unlike most "alternative medicine" practitioners, Stanislaw R. Burzynski has published profusely. The sheer volume of his publications impresses patients, but unless they understand what they are reading, they cannot judge its validity. To a scientist, Burzynski's literature contains clear evidence that his data do not support his claims."

And from Stevensponaugle's Blog on wordpress.com:

"Knockout," Interviews with Doctors who are curing cancer.

"Moving, Touching, Brilliant, Incisive, Vitally Important and Profound, October 22, 2009
By Steven Sponaugle "Research Director, Florida … – See all my reviews

"In Knockout, Suzzane Somers, exposes the financial conspiracy between Oncologists, Pharmaceutical Companies and the FDA, which perpetuates domination of cancer treatment with brutal, ineffective chemotherapy and radiation treatments.

"She also reveals how she was misdiagnosed with cancer, during a medical emergency and was intensely pressured to accept the deadly recommendation of unecessary chemotherapy and radiation. If it happened to Suzzane Somers, it could happen to you. Fortunately, she was able to call Dr. Jonathan Wright, one of the world's most brilliant medical pioneers, who advised her to refuse chmotherapy, against medical advice of five robotic hospital physicians. The oncologist who misdiagnosed her should be sued for malpractice.

"The story of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski is very inspiring and touching. He is an absolutely brilliant courageous genious, achieving vastly higher cancer cure rates, than prevalent primitive, crude cancer radiation and chemotherapy. The patient stories bring the book to life, in a very touching powerful way.

"Sadly, persecution of medical pioneers and resistence to progress has persisted through the ages. Semmelweiss, Pasteur, Royal Rife, Kilmer McCully, Jonathan Wright,and Stanislaw Burzynski were all persecuted for revealing new medical knowlege. Arthur Schopenhauer unfortunately was correct when he observed, "At first the truth is ridiculed, then it is violently resisted, then it is accepted as self evident."

"Hopefully the vastly more effective cancer treatments described in Knockout, will pass through the first two stages more quickly, with the additional publicity this book creates.

"This is a difficult book to put down – I wish I had time to read it nonstop. This book adds to the evidence that Suzzane Somers has become one of the nations best medical journalists."

__Steven Sponaugle
Research Director, Florida Detox and Wellness Institute
www.floridadetox.com.

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Vaccine may be more dangerous than the swine flu

Vaccine may be more dangerous than the swine flu

One can continue to believe that the global gurus of public health are responding appropriately to the swine flu emergency and willingly take the shot if they choose to do so. But such trust and complacency requires the omission of one key factiod: The vaccine contains an oil-based "adjuvant" containing "squalene." Adjuvants are used to boost an immune response. Squalene, which is a causal factor in Gulf War illness, causes crippling arthritis and premature death in about 100 percent of lab animals and has been associated with autoimmune diseases and premature death in people as well. Early reports of trials with the H1N1 vaccine show that the vaccine is already maiming and killing people. It appears certain that those who take the vaccine may not get the flu but can expect to die a painful and premature death—and WHO et. al know it.

By Dr. Russell Blaylock

An outbreak of swine flu that occurred in Mexico last spring eventually affected 4,910 Mexican citizens and resulted in 85 deaths. By the time it spread to the United States, the virus caused only mild cases of flu-like illness.

Thanks to air travel and the failure of public health officials to control travel from Mexico, the virus spread worldwide. Despite predictions of massive numbers of deaths and the arrival of doomsday, the virus has remained a relatively mild disease, something we know happens each year with flu epidemics.

Cases to date as of July 7, 2009. Worldwide, there have only been 311 deaths out of 70,893 cases of swine flu. In the United States, 27,717 cases have resulted in 127 deaths. Every death is a tragedy, but such a low death rate should not be the basis of a draconian government policy.

It is helpful to recall that the Centers for Disease Control, with the collusion of the media, constantly tell us that 36,000 people die from the flu each year, a figure that has been shown to be a lie. In this case, we are talking about 300 plus deaths for the entire world.

From whence this novel strain?

This virus continues to be an enigma for virologists. In the April 30, 2009 edition of Nature, a virologist was quoted as saying, "Where the hell it got all these genes from we don’t know."

Extensive analysis of the virus found that it contained the original 1918 H1N1 flu virus, the avian flu virus (bird flu) and two new H3N2 virus genes from Eurasia. Debate continues over the possibility that swine flu is a genetically-engineered virus.

Scandal. Naturally, vaccine manufacturers have been in a competitive battle to produce the first vaccine. The main contenders have been Baxter Pharmaceuticals and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, the latter of which recently acquired the scandal-ridden Chiron vaccine company. Both of these companies have had agreements with the World Health Organization to produce a pandemic vaccine.

Contamination. The Baxter vaccine, called Celvapan, has had fast track approval. It uses a new vero cell technology, which utilizes cultured cells from the African green monkey. This same animal tissue transmits a number of vaccine-contaminating viruses, including the HIV virus.

More contamination. The Baxter company has been associated with two deadly scandals. The first event occurred in 2006 when hemophiliac components were contaminated with HIV virus and injected in tens of thousands of people, including thousands of children. Baxter continued to release the HIV-contaminated vaccine even after the contamination was known.

Accidental release. The second event occurred recently when it was discovered that Baxter had released a seasonal flu vaccine containing the bird flu virus, which would have produced a real world pandemic, to 18 countries. Fortunately, astute lab workers in the Czech Republic discovered the deadly combination and blew the whistle before a worldwide disaster was unleashed [The IO, March, 2009].

Despite these two deadly events, WHO maintains an agreement with Baxter Pharmaceuticals to produce the world’s pandemic vaccine.

[Note: WHO announced that it would launch an investigation into Baxter’s "accidental" release of H5N1-contaminated flu vaccine that killed lab animals (ferrets) in the Czech Republic. No investigation has ever been conducted. ~DWH].

Squalene

Novartis, the second contender, also has an agreement with WHO for a pandemic vaccine. Novartis appears to have won the contract, since its vaccine is near completion. What is terrifying is that these pandemic vaccines contain ingredients, called "immune adjuvants" that a number of studies have shown cause devastating autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus.

Animal studies using this adjuvant have found them to be deadly. A study using 14 guinea pigs found that, when they were injected with the special adjuvant, only one animal survived. A repeat of the study found the same deadly outcome.

So, what is this deadly ingredient? It is called squalene, a type of oil. The Chiron company, maker of the deadly anthrax vaccine, makes an adjuvant called MF-59 which contains two main ingredients of concern—squalene and gp120. A number of studies have shown that squalene can trigger all of the above-mentioned autoimmune diseases when injected.

[Note: All higher organisms produce squalene. The squalene used as a vaccine adjuvant is a fish oil, particularly shark liver oil. The problem with injected squalene is that it signals the body to attack its own essential fatty acids. Combined with other vaccine ingredients, the result is autoimmunity, where the body begins attacking its own tissues. ~DWH]

The MF-59 adjuvant has been used in several vaccines. These vaccines, including tetanus and diphtheria, are the same vaccines frequently associated with adverse reactions.

Questionable studies. I reviewed a number of studies on this adjuvant and found something quite interesting. Several studies done on human test subjects found MF-59 to be a very safe immune adjuvant. But when I checked to see who did these studies, I found—to no surprise—that they were done by the Novartis Pharmaceutical Company and Chiron Pharmaceutical Company, which have merged. They were all published in "prestigious" medical journals. Also, to no surprise, a great number of studies done by independent laboratories and research institutions all found a strong link between MF-59 and autoimmune diseases.

Gulf War Illness. Squalene in vaccines has been strongly linked to the Gulf War Illness. On August 1991, Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, admitted that soldiers vaccinated with the anthrax vaccine from 1990 to 1991 had an increased risk of 200 percent in developing the deadly disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s disease. The soldiers also suffered from a number of debilitating and life-shortening diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa, multiple sclerosis (MS), lupus, transverse myelitis (a neurological disorder caused by inflammation of the spinal cord), endocarditis (inflammation of the heart’s inner lining), optic neuritis with blindness and glomerulonephritis (a type of kidney disease).

Brain inflammation. Because squalene, the main ingredient in MF-59, can induce hyperimmune responses and induce autoimmunity, a real danger exists for prolonged activation of the brain’s immune cells, the microglia. This type of prolonged activation has been strongly associated with such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS and possibly vaccine-related encephalitis. It has been shown that activation of the systemic immune system, as occurs with vaccination, rapidly activates the brain’s microglia at the same time, and this brain inflammation can persist for long periods.

So, how would the gp120 get into the brain? Studies of other immune adjuvants using careful tracer techniques have shown that they routinely enter the brain following vaccination. What most people do not know, even the doctors who recommend the vaccines, is that most such studies by pharmaceutical companies observe the patients for only one to two weeks following vaccination—these types of reactions may take months or even years to manifest.

The profit motive

It is obvious that the vaccine manufacturers stand to make billions of dollars in profits from this WHO/government-promoted pandemic. Novartis, the maker of the new pandemic vaccine, recently announced that they would not give free vaccines to impoverished nations—everybody pays.

Grim reality. One must keep in mind that once the vaccine is injected, there is little you can do to protect yourself—at least by conventional medicine. It will mean a lifetime of crippling illness and early death.

The best medicine. There are much safer ways to protect oneself from this flu virus, such as higher doses of vitamin D3, selective immune enhancement using supplements and a good diet.

Dr. Russell Blaylock, is a board certified neurosurgeon, author and lecturer. An expert on nutrition, aspartame, MSG and vaccines, he is also editor of the widely distributed Blaylock Wellness Report.

Note: The subheads and boldface preceeding certain paragraphs were added to the original text to highlight the ground Dr. Blaylock is covering in this brief article. Each point he makes could be books in themselves but his intent was to show that the much publicized "novel" flu strain was likely created in a lab by entities connected to the scandal-ridden pharmaceutical companies being rewarded with huge contracts to produce millions (billions) of vaccines that contain a specific ingredient known to cause chronic illnesses and early death.

The most comprehensive journalistic investigation on the politics and effects of squalene is "Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That’s Killing Our Soldiers and Why GIs Are Only the First Victims" by Gary Matsumoto (2004). The book can be ordered online or through your local bookseller.

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MOH cautious on flu shot fears

MOH cautious on flu shot fears

September 23, 2009

Helen Branswell

THE CANADIAN PRESS

Unpublished Canadian data are raising concerns about whether it's a good idea to get a seasonal flu shot this season.

Drawn from a series of studies from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario, the data appear to suggest that people who got a seasonal flu shot last year are about twice as likely to catch swine flu as people who didn't.

A scientific paper has been submitted to a journal and the lead authors – Dr. Danuta Skowronski of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and Dr. Gaston De Serres of Laval University – won't speak to the media. Journals bar would-be authors from discussing their results publicly before they go through peer review.

While few people appear to have actually seen or read the study, the puzzling findings have been a poorly kept secret and many in the public health community in Canada have heard about them.

Ontario's chief medical officer of health Dr. Arlene King said she is concerned about the study but cautions that it is too early to jump to conclusions.

"We are obviously concerned about the information that has occurred and we have certainly seen no higher illness or death rates here in Ontario or anywhere else in the country compared to the rest of the world, so it's very important for that information to be peer reviewed."

She said the province has been reviewing the preliminary information from the study for the past few weeks and will continue to do so. She emphasized that Ontario is well-prepared for a second wave of H1N1 influenza.

Concern about the unconfirmed findings is playing into calls from Quebec and possibly other jurisdictions to delay or even cancel this year's seasonal flu shot campaigns across the country.

The findings are causing consternation abroad as well, with officials at public health agencies and even at the World Health Organization worried the alleged link will deter people from getting vaccinated in a fall when many people are being asked to get both seasonal and pandemic flu shots.

The Public Health Agency of Canada knows of the findings and has been seeking help here and internationally to try to figure out if the effect is real or if the studies are flawed.

"An arms-length review of the various methods is currently underway to assess the validity of the studies relative to that observation," Dr. David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer, said by email.

"We are also examining other data that will help to understand what if any association there is. We look forward to the results of the review and other data to inform our recommendations as we go forward."

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control also knows of the work. It said it has looked for similar evidence in the United States but sees none.

"It is difficult to speak about a study that has yet to be published, however, as this is an important issue involving the subject of seasonal influenza and the fast moving global pandemic of 2009 H1N1 influenza it is important to note the scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not seen this effect in systems we have reviewed in the United States," spokesperson Joe Quimby said by email.

A number of influenza and infectious diseases experts know of but are unwilling to speak publicly about the paper. But several were quick to note that British and Australian researchers haven't seen the phenomenon either. The lack of corroboration in other jurisdictions is "a red flag," said one expert, who does not believe the findings are true.

Another flu expert who was willing to speak on the record said they do not make sense to him either.

"I cannot think of a good reason why this is biologically likely, especially since we have sufficient evidence now that ... there is priming in the population by the way the vaccine is working," said Dr. Arnold Monto, of the University of Michigan.

He was referring to the fact that studies of swine flu vaccine show a single dose induces a strong and likely protective response in teens and adults. That suggests humankind's long exposure to seasonal H1N1 viruses has "primed" or awakened our immune systems to recognize the new virus and fight it off.

Dr. Donald Low, chief microbiologist at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, was reserving judgment on the findings. But he said this kind of effect of previous exposure raising the risk of future illness is seen in some diseases, like dengue fever.

"We don't see that in flu," Monto countered.

Low said it is important to get to the bottom of the issue, but in the meantime, delaying the use of seasonal flu vaccine makes sense for logistical reasons. Swine flu activity is on the upswing in the U.S. and in parts of British Columbia, and focusing on speeding delivery of that vaccine makes more sense now, he said.

"If we're going to try to protect people, this is the virus we should be trying to protect them against," he said.

Low admitted the controversy could undermine the public's willingness to be vaccinated against influenza.

"This is obviously difficult for public to be able to digest this," he said. "There's a crying need here for a prospective randomized controlled study."

That type of study – which is not the kind on which the findings are based – is considered the gold standard of medical evidence.

With a file from Toronto Star health reporter Theresa Boyle.

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Turkey Wars

October 10, 2009

Margaret Webb – Toronto Star

A pasture raised turkey.

ANDREW WALLACE/TORONTO STAR

If you're eating organic turkey this weekend, savour it, because by next Thanksgiving it may be easier to buy crack cocaine in Ontario than a drug-free bird.

Here's why: While the turkey industry marketing board tells growers to confine their turkeys indoors to reduce the chance of transmission of viruses from wild birds, new organics standards administered by the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency mandate raising organic birds outdoors.

Caught in this Catch-22 are turkey farmers Matthew and Janice Dick – organic farmers who wanted their birds to roam free outside. They recently took on the Turkey Farmers of Ontario at an appeals tribunal in what amounted to a battle between antibiotic-free, open-air, small-scale farming and drug-intensive, confinement, factory farming. The organic farmers lost.

The Dicks raise birds on an 80-hectare certified organic farm in Markdale, about two hours northwest of Toronto, along with pigs, cattle, chickens and about a half-dozen organic crops. Their farm looks, well, a lot like the way farms used to look in Ontario.

Organic turkeys get about 25 per cent more space than in the industrial system and take 14 weeks to grow to about 10 or 12 pounds, compared with 10 weeks in a factory barn. They're also fed an organic vegetarian diet, with no genetically modified crops, antibiotics or animal by-products such as pig fat, blood or bone meal. Many organic livestock farmers also try to raise heritage breeds to increase genetic diversity, hardiness and flavour.

Perhaps most important, the birds have full access to pasture so they can live a relatively natural life basking in fresh air and sunlight.

"You'll get a more natural taste with a bird on grass," Matthew says of the birds. "There's certainly more flavour to it."

He also argues access to outdoors be crucial for the health of the birds. "You give the turkey everything it requires: fresh air, outdoor exercise and no stress. If they run into a problem, they're going to have the immune system to deal with it. You just have to look at human flues. When you're in a confined situation, you're under more stress and things spread easier."

The Turkey Farmers of Ontario – an industry marketing board of 192 Ontario producers who control nearly half of Canada's annual quota production – introduced a rule last year that forces all quota holders to confine turkeys indoors, under a solid roof.

Turkey marketing boards, issuing quota to individual producers, were created to protect domestic farmers from imports. With this system, producers can also negotiate a fair price with processors.

Members of Turkey Farmers of Ontario produce more than 60 million kilograms of turkeys a year. The smallest of these confinement barns produce about 35,000 turkeys a year. The sector links an entire supply chain from Maple Leaf Foods, which processes 49 per cent of turkeys in Ontario, to Ontario-based Hybrid Turkeys, the only primary breeder in Canada and one of two major breeding companies worldwide.

The marketing board says raising turkeys indoors is one bio-secure measure that prevents the transmission of avian influenza between turkeys and wild birds.

Ingrid DeVisser, chair of the board, said: "I don't think there is any foolproof method" of preventing transmission of avian flu. "But we're doing what we can to protect the industry." She pointed out that the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency is in conflict with itself: It advises, as a cautionary measure, raising birds indoors, but the agency-administered national organics standards, introduced in June, mandate raising organic birds outdoors.

The marketing board rule places organic turkey farmers in an impossible situation: To raise more than a backyard flock of 50 birds, farmers must hold board-regulated quota; but farmers cannot adhere to the regulations and keep organic certification. The rule change affects the Dicks and just one other organic turkey farmer in Ontario but it severely restricts the supply of certified organic birds, one reason they cost about twice as much as industrially raised turkeys.

The Organic Council of Ontario supported the Dicks' appeal at a tribunal of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, concerned that the turkey board ruling would set a precedent for provincial marketing boards across Canada to introduce regulations for milk, egg and poultry production that would curtail organic production.

Already, the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council has requested that all quota poultry be confined.

Ted Zettel, chair of the Organic Council, called the appeal hearing a "pathetic fiasco." Zettel said the Turkey Farmers of Ontario failed to present evidence of avian flu as a public health threat. "It's really clear that the problem that they have (with organics) is it's presented as a superior alternative and it makes them very vulnerable. They see no problem with trampling on the rights of a few farmers. It will be a pattern if they get away with it."

David Waltner-Toews, a professor at the University of Guelph's veterinary college, appeared as the only scientific witness at the hearing. The author of Food, Sex and Salmonella: Why Our Food is Making Us Sick is an international expert on food-borne diseases as well as diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans, such as avian influenza and swine flu.

He said the hearing was about the turkey board "protecting its commercial production units" rather than a "discussion about how we manage the system overall."

In its written decision, the tribunal said it recognized "the importance of the organic poultry industry and the high public demand for its product." However, it added: "It is our determination that the added cost of providing a covered structure for turkeys is far outweighed by the additional safety the TFO has put in place for the industry with the implementation of this regulation."

I visited a confinement barn, arranged by the Turkey Farmers of Ontario, to see how turkeys are raised in a bio-secure setting. I've been to such bio-secure barns before, and my first summer job was in an industrial barn, grading eggs and counting newly hatched chicks.

To protect flocks, bio-secure confinement operations attempt to create a barrier between outside pathogens and livestock, or, as is the turkey board's chief concern, between wild birds’ potentially carrying avian flu and domestic turkeys. Toews told me earlier that there is no evidence such bio-security works; indeed, the two previous cases of avian flu in Canada both broke out in confinement systems.

He said that once disease gets into densely stocked barns, it can run rampant, and sooner or later something always gets in. "Economies of scale are economies of disaster."

The operation I visited, Clark Poultry Farms, is certainly massive, with farms and cash crops in four counties. This location, west of Hamilton, has eight barns and raises 140,000 turkeys a year. Every eight weeks, 22,000 one-day-old poults arrive, to be pumped up into 16 or 17 kilogram birds destined for deli meat, processed by either Maple Leaf Foods or Sofina Foods.

Inside this barn, everything is impressively high-tech. Water, feeding, heat and ventilation are all computer-controlled, as farm manager Don Cryderman told me, "to simulate Mother Nature."

The turkeys, with no cage, are free to roam around a barn the size of a hockey rink. In practice, the densely packed birds waddle about a few square feet. As they near market weight, it will be a struggle for them to haul their enormous breasts beyond a few steps.

These barns are about production – turkeys gain a pound per week. Cryderman said it would be impossible to raise birds at this density without antibiotics to control disease. The medication is administered in the turkeys' feed for the first 10 weeks of life; though Cryderman said the drugs clear the birds' system well before slaughter.

Perhaps, but they never leave the environment, for one thing that this high-tech system can't bio-secure is the manure of livestock. And in barns with thousands of birds, that output is enormous.

We enter the finishing barn, with about seven weeks of manure built up. With another seven weeks to go before these turkeys head to market around Thanksgiving, the smell of ammonia is a sharp stab between my eyes.

Turkeys stand on this dung, and other pathogens, throughout the production cycle. "Salmonella or other organisms are more likely to be shed in the feces, when birds are under stress," said Toews, "and in a confinement system, the birds are fairly stressed. That's spread to other birds in the slaughterhouse where thousands of birds come into contact with birds from hundreds of different farms."

Then, when the birds leave, that stew of manure is cleaned from the barn. And there goes bio-security. Even if pathogens could be kept out, they can never be kept in.

The routine use of antibiotics in confinement barns is also a problem. The World Health Organization reported that 50 per cent of all antimicrobials are used in food-producing animals (due to increased intensity of meat production as well as for growth promotion) and recommended extensive reductions. Researchers at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are assembling evidence that the practice is cultivating and spreading antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which is finding its way from manure into soil, air, waterways and other organisms, and are widely implicated in creating the antibiotic-resistant superbugs in hospitals. (Every year, an estimated 220,000 people in Canada develop hospital-acquired infections.)

To keep their quota, the Dicks have confined their birds for now. (As a result, they'll lose their organic designation when they are next inspected.) The Organic Council is pressing for the tribunal decision to be overturned. That power rests with Leona Dombrowsky, the minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, and so far, she has been unwilling to intervene. "I do have faith that the turkey farmers will give them fair consideration and will make the best decision for turkey farmers and consumers," she said.

Then she wondered aloud about a solution that would likely delight the Turkey Farmers of Ontario – that national organic certification standards be changed to accommodate confinement farming.

Attempts by industrial agriculture to erode organic standards is hardly novel. But what about bringing industrial farming up to organic standards? Now wouldn't that give us something to be thankful for?

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