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Posted February 16, 2012
President Obama has appointed former Monsanto VP and lobbyist Michael Taylor to become senior advisor to the FDA’s commissioner. This unthinkable linkage between food safety and corporate interests that have little regard for the public health must be stopped. President Obama must reverse this unimaginably dangerous policy of a “fox guarding the hen house” and isolate the FDA from corporate influence. Sign Petition.
Posted February 15, 2012
Eight integrative doctors are under attack in Louisiana. Read more and Take Action to support them.
Posted February 15, 2012
We’re angry! MILLIONS of us are angry and outraged at the approval of GM alfalfa. And on top of that, the USDA also did an end-run around the courts to keep GM sugar beets growing, AND approved a GM corn used for ethanol.
So what do we do? Surrender? Never! Read more and take action!
Posted February 13, 2012
Kentuckians are currently working to pass a new bill, S.B. 47, that will establish regulatory guidelines that prohibit government intrusion into private food contracts made between farmers and their customers. Read more.
Posted February 8, 2012
The American Academy of Pediatrics now says all boys between the ages of 11 and 12 should receive the HPV vaccine—the same one that has harmed so many girls. Please send a message to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC denouncing their recommendations. Read more and Take Action.
Posted February 8, 2012
A legal petition has been filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling on the FDA to label genetically engineered (GE) foods. Senator Barbara Boxer (CA) and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR) have authored a bicameral Congressional letter in support of this petition and will be urging their fellow Members on Capitol Hill to sign onto their letter. Please join us in emailing your U.S. Senators and Representative, urging them to join the Boxer-DeFazio letter in support of labeling Read more and email your representatives TODAY.
Posted February 1, 2012
Dow Chemical is currently requesting unprecedented approval from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to market a genetically engineered (GE) version of corn that is resistant to 2,4-D, a major component of the highly toxic Agent Orange. Tell USDA To Do Its Job And Reject 2,4-D Resistant GE Corn! Read more and Take Action.
Posted February 1, 2012
Dioxin, of the Agent Orange infamy, is the most toxic compound synthesized by man, yet it is still spewing from U.S. industries. Dioxin pollution rose 10% in 2010. Read more.
The FDA’s New Dietary Ingredients (NDI) Guidance, if enforced as written, could remove trusted dietary supplements from the marketplace and significantly increase the prices of the remaining products. Please join us in asking Congress to demand that the FDA not use appropriated funding in the enforcement of new dietary ingredients (NDIs) until this Guidance is withdrawn or drastically modified to comply with Congressional intent.
Click on either or both of the following links to learn more and sign an online petition to Congress:
Citizens for Health Petition to Save Our Supplements and Demand the FDA Withdraw the NDI Draft Guidance
Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) Petition to Tell Congress and the FDA That the Draft Guidance on NDIs is Bad for Consumers
Thank you for helping preserve our access to dietary supplements.
Posted January 25, 2012
Coloradio HB1060 would give the American Dietetic Association (ADA) control over who can provide nutrition services and what information is provided. Read more about HB1060. Send a message to legislators asking them to OPPOSE this bill.