NO TO IRRADIATION OF SUPPLEMENTS.

Just Say "NO" to the Irradiation of Supplements! The Federal Drug Administration is at it again. Just replace "federal" with "corporate" and "it" with "money trough" and you will understand why and what has been going on in the mode of cooking frogs.

From CNETnews.com, What is happening in this country right now is tantamount to slow cooking a frog in water. "We're just going to take away some of your liberties to protect ...

You still have a RIGHT to protect you and your family against dangerous government practices, use it!

Washington, D.C.,
December 18, 2007

Citizens for Health has joined with the American Herbal Products Association to oppose the irradiation of dietary supplements

Citizens for Health supports AHPA's opposition to this petition on the following grounds:

* Proper handling of dietary supplements under current good manufacturing practice is usually sufficient to ensure that they are not subject to microbial contamination that presents any risk to the health of consumers of these products

* If approved, the use of ionizing irradiation on herbal dietary ingredients will mask one of the factors that is currently relevant to the determination of ingredient quality, since information about microbial levels and the presence of pathogens or yeasts and molds at any time during the handling of a treated ingredient would be lost. Of particular concern are pathogens, since even if pathogenic organisms are eliminated through irradiation, pathogenic by-products such as endotoxins or exotoxins may remain in the material * Irradiation is currently allowed in the United States for eleven food categories, and in proposing that the limitation of ionizing radiation for dietary supplements be established at 30 kGy, the petition is suggesting that this limit be from 3 to 30 times higher that is currently allowed for all but two food categories. Dietary supplements may be consumed in quantities of several grams per day. Thus, dietary supplement consumers will be exposed to much higher levels of any material changes that occur in a supplement's or ingredient's characteristics or in its consequences of use, if any, as a result of the irradiation.Just try to buy live acidophilus, bifidis probiotics if this goes through.

(The dangerous radiolytic mutations found in food that has been irradiated has already prompted several European nations to ban this practice.)

Send your letter to the FDA now!

Unfortunately, the FDA's history is rife with examples of how ineffective it is when it comes to profit$ versus protection. This dangerous practice is another federal handout to the Nuclear Industrial Complex. We must guard the health of ourselves and our children from corporate greed and influence.

UPDATE: FDA Petition Filed Requesting Irradiation of Dietary Supplements:

Join CFH and AHPA in Saying "NO" to Irradiation!

Dear Supporter,

Earlier today I alerted you to our position in opposition to a petition filed with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the use of ionizing radiation for the control of microbial contamination on dietary supplements and dietary ingredients. Unfortunately, because the format of the alert and letter were different than those to which you are normally accustomed, a number of you were confused about how to proceed, or believed you were encountering problems with your email addresses or log-in names and passwords.

I have sent this follow up to clarify/correct things in a way that will make it easier to make your voices heard. I also want make sure everyone gets the message, not just those who took the time to contact me about it.

There were two reasons for the nature of this email alert:

* The FDA has been discouraging comments to individual email addresses, and has preferred written letters or comments submitted using their website's comments form

* Individually crafted letters are seen as carrying more weight than many similar letters or emails

However, the priority here is that you can be heard on this issue, not the manner in which you are heard. So, please follow this link to send a letter the way with which you are familiar:

Click Here: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/750/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22037

Stop the Irradiation of Supplements NOW!

Remember that now, as it has been at every point in our nation's history, if it were not for the dedication of the few, the vast majority of us would not enjoy the rights and freedoms we do.

Your voice is needed now to preserve our access to food and supplements free from irradiation. Thanks for taking action,

Frank Herd, Jr
Executive Director

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