Important Information for You!You may find, to your dismay, that some of the pages on this site that previously were available to you now have been password protected - or even entirely disabled - 'No Such URL.' I deeply apologize, as I do not like to disappoint you! However, there is an important reason I have taken such measures... The reason is to protect availability of some of my readers' favorite products. They, as well as many other nutritional supplements, are in dire straits - threatened by an attempt to make them inaccessible to people like you who may benefit from them. The new threat, S. 3767 Food Safety Accountability Act, which is about to be voted on in the US Senate. The FDA has been turning up the heat on EDTA and other products. You may notice I have disabled pages with Detoxamin EDTA research and testimonials. If you go to the official Detoxamin website, you will not see their wonderful EDTA Chelation suppositories - they have taken them off the site, along with testimonials, doctors' clinical results and medical research. The above bill that is being introduced into the Senate would allow the authorities to put supplement manufacturers in jail for 10 years for citing peer-reviewed medical research on product labels or websites!!! Here is a link to some details on this bill: Below are sample letters, and a link to a page where you can easily locate your State Senators to can contact them. NOTE: Email is good, however the more EFFECTIVE and impactful routes are by US Mail and telephone. I urge you to utilize these also, to make your voice known to your Senators. You still have the opportunity to act and make a difference for the benefit of all of us. Help us preserve our freedom of choice...please take action - it's EASY to do! Sample Letters (I sent these to my own Senators - one by email, the other by US Mail - just change names and edit to your individual taste): _____________________________________________________ Dear Senator Kerry, For over 30 years, I and my family have used all manner of nutritional supplements, finding them extremely safe and beneficial. I was shocked to read the provisions of S. 3767, the new Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010. It contains draconian penalties for even minor infractions--so much so that I wonder if Senators Leahy, Klobuchar, and Franken have actually read the fine print of the bill. This bill gives the US Food and Drug Administration vastly expanded powers, and increases criminal penalties to ten years' imprisonment for any person who knowingly introduces or delivers for introduction into interstate commerce any food that is adulterated or misbranded, or for any person to adulterate or misbrand any food in interstate commerce. The problem, of course, is that the terms "misbranded" and "adulterated" are so broadly defined that they include even minor record-keeping violations, as well as selling a product whose manufacturer has cited peer-reviewed science about the product's benefits. As I'm sure you're aware, the FDA has a long history of targeting natural health product companies under false pretenses. This is what happened to a group of cherry producers that cited Harvard research about the benefits of cherries on their website. The FDA forced them to sign a consent decree so burdensome that it almost put them out of business. With the bigger threat of increased criminal penalties, the FDA would practically have free rein. As one of your constituents, I wanted you to know that I take dietary supplements regularly, and value their help in keeping my family healthy. This bill is a misguided attempt to protect our food supply or ensure the safety of supplements--instead, it practically ensures that natural product makers will be threatened, silenced, and penalized. This bill won't even necessarily hold accountable a company which tainted a product, even on purpose, if the adulteration occurred before the product was sold by a distributor! Please, Senator--this is just a bad bill. I strongly urge you to fight and defeat it!! Respectfully and Sincerely, Ellen Landauer ______________________________________________________ Dear Senator Kerry, I urge you to STRONGLY oppose the S. 3767 Food Safety Accountability Act! The draconian penalties that would punish even minor infractions are so shocking to me - AND totally inappropriate! Supplement and food manufacturers and suppliers SHOULD be free to cite solid research or clinical evidence of health benefits on labels or websites with NO fear of recrimination! The FDA already has MORE than enough power to protect - this measure is designed to deny the people access to valid information that can help them make intelligent decisions on what to eat and what supplements to take. Please, Senator--this is just a bad bill. I strongly urge you to fight and defeat it!! I am confident that you have our best interest at heart, and that your fighting the S. 3767 Food Safety Accountability Act will result in feelings of deepest gratitude in myself and my family for your efforts. Most Respectfully and Sincerely, Ellen Landauer
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