Posted September 11, 2020
The pressure is mounting for a COVID vaccine to be approved. Will there be transparency on its safety and effectiveness? Action Alert! There have been a number of federal actions around the issue of a COVID vaccine in recent weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released technical guidelines to states, telling them to be prepared to store, distribute, and administer a COVID vaccine as early as late October or early November. Lawmakers have also introduced a bill aimed at instilling public confidence in an eventual COVID vaccine, but the bill does anything but. These actions underscore the need for transparency and freedom of choice when it comes to the issue of vaccination. Read more.
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Fight for CAFO Alternatives
Posted September 11, 2020
Alternatives to CAFO-raised meat are threatened—we must act now to ensure access to quality local meat. Action Alert! A bill being considered by Congress will expand access to safer, locally raised meat by loosening federal restrictions on how local meat gets processed. If we want safer alternatives to meat raised in CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations), we must support this bill. Read more.
Who Will Defend Natural Health on Capitol Hill?
Posted September 11, 2020
Take a moment to thank proponents of natural health. Action Alerts! Below you’ll find a list of Congressional champions on issues critical to the natural health community. It is important for these offices to hear from their constituents: thank you letters reinforce the good work these members are doing and will incentivize continued support on important issue areas. (Note that only constituents of the following elected officials will be able to send a message.) Read more.
Feds: Hangover is a Disease
Posted September 11, 2020
The latest power grab from an agency that is out of control. Action Alert! In a slew of warning letters, the FDA attacked companies selling “unapproved” cures for hangovers. In its explanation, the agency states that hangovers are included in the federal definition of disease, so products claiming to treat them must receive FDA approval. This is the latest attack from an agency that, for years, has worked to protect patented pharmaceutical drugs from competition from natural products. We must reform this crony health system that is keeping healthcare costs high—and more importantly, keeping us sick. Read more.
You Can Stop Fake Organics
Posted September 4, 2020
A new proposed rule will strengthen organic enforcement—it needs our support. Action Alert! The rule, put together by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is urgently needed given widespread fraud that has been reported in the organics industry. The level of deception has reached epidemic proportions: a USDA study found that 40% of all organic food sold in the US tested positive for prohibited pesticides. Read more.
Group Calls for More Censorship of Natural COVID Treatments
Posted September 4, 2020
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has called on the FDA and FTC to gag Dr. Joseph Mercola. Action Alert! Riding the government’s wave of censorship, CSPI wrote letters to the FDA and FTC calling for “enforcement proceedings” against Dr. Mercola. Enforcement of what? Reading the letters, it appears that CSPI objects to Dr. Mercola’s efforts to inform the public about how natural medicine can help treat and prevent COVID-19. Read more.
COVID: Taxpayers Invest in Pharma Profits
Posted September 4, 2020
Taxpayers are shelling out billions for drugs that don’t work. This has to stop. Action Alert! A recent exposé in Rolling Stone magazine details how Big Pharma companies are making out like bandits during this pandemic. The details highlight some of the worst aspects of our crony medical system that ensures Americans keep taking drugs that are expensive, dangerous, and often don’t work. Read more.
Why We Are Allowing People to Die to Protect Profits?
Posted August 13, 2020
The US medical system is ignoring any treatment that is not patentable and therefore cannot provide a multi-billion profit for some giant healthcare company. This was bad enough before COVID. It always had the tragic consequence of unnecessary deaths. But now with COVID it is particularly unconscionable. Did anyone even check Cain’s vitamin D level? Was he given potassium in the hospital? Zinc or quercetin? Intravenous C? It is barely possible he was given a little potassium, but we doubt even that. Read more.
Fauci Tees Up Big Pharma Windfall
Posted August 13, 2020
…by saying hydroxychloroquine is useless. Action Alert!
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said recently that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is “not effective” for COVID-19. This would be a baffling statement if not for our crony healthcare system that prioritizes expensive patented drugs over natural medicines or even off-patent drugs. We must put an end to this corruption. Read more.
Home COVID Testing Blocked by FDA
Posted August 13, 2020
Red tape is once again preventing the deployment of tests that could get our economy back up and running. Action Alert! The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the American economy, but innovation may offer a way out: simple to use, at-home COVID-19 tests could allow businesses and schools to resume normal operations. Unfortunately, the FDA is standing in the way, insisting that a certain threshold of accuracy be attained. Read more.
