Obama’s Plan to Change U.S. Health Care System Will Cost Nearly Two TRILLION Dollars
Obama’s Plan to Change U.S. Health Care System Will Cost Nearly Two TRILLION Dollars
Sanofi Pasteur lists Autism as a adverse event on it’s dtap Tripedia Vaccine
http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm101580.pdf
Adverse events reported during post-approval use of Tripedia vaccine include idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, SIDS, anaphylactic reaction, cellulitis, autism, convulsion/grand mal convulsion, encephalopathy, hypotonia, neuropathy, somnolence and apnea. Events were included in this list because of the seriousness or frequency of reporting. Because these events are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequencies or to establish a causal relationship to components of Tripedia vaccine.2
Just in case they remove the product insert (or remove the autism mention) - download it here
FDA may put restrictions on Tylenol
Well, it’s about time. Hey FDA, can you look at cipro next?
“We believe there is a clear health benefit of over-the-counter combination products containing acetaminophen,”
Yeah, sure you do. But wait, don’t you mean the benefit is a financial one??
“Manufacturers could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in sales if combination drugs are pulled from the market. Total sales of all acetaminophen drugs reached $2.6 billion last year, with 80 percent of the market comprised of over-the-counter products.”
There it is folks, they could lose hundeds of millions of dollars in sales. Hmmm…. now what does this sound like?????
FDA may put restrictions on Tylenol
MATTHEW PERRONE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSADELPHI, Md. – The makers of Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications are trying to dissuade regulators from placing new restrictions on their popular painkillers, including possibly removing some of them from store shelves.
The Food and Drug Administration has assembled more than 35 experts to discuss ways to prevent overdose with acetaminophen – the pain-relieving, fever-reducing ingredient in Tylenol and dozens of other prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Despite years of educational campaigns and other federal actions, acetaminophen is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S., sending 56,000 people to the emergency room annually, according to the FDA.
The agency today asked its experts to consider a range of options: adding a “black box” warning label to the products, lowering the drug dosage in some products, or pulling certain types of medications off the market.
The drugs that could be pulled off shelves are combination medications, such as Procter & Gamble’s NyQuil or Novartis’ Theraflu, which combine acetaminophen with other ingredients that treat cough and runny nose.
The FDA says patients often pair them with a pure acetaminophen medication, like Tylenol, exposing themselves to unsafe levels of the drug.
But the industry group that represents Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth and other companies defended the products today, saying they pose a relatively small risk to patients.
Only 10 percent of deaths linked to acetaminophen medications involved over-the-counter combination cold medications, according to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.
The majority of deaths were caused by either single-ingredient drugs or prescription strength combination drugs like Percocet, which combines oxycodone and acetaminophen.
“We believe there is a clear health benefit of over-the-counter combination products containing acetaminophen,” said Linda Suydam, the group’s president.
The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels, though it usually does. The panel vote is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
Manufacturers could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in sales if combination drugs are pulled from the market. Total sales of all acetaminophen drugs reached $2.6 billion last year, with 80 percent of the market comprised of over-the-counter products.
Tylenol-maker Johnson & Johnson also pushed back against a proposal to lower the maximum daily dose of acetaminophen, which is currently 4 grams daily, or eight pills of a medication like Extra Strength Tylenol.
While taking more than 4 grams per day can cause liver injury, J&J argued that taking the exact dose is proven to treat osteoarthritis pain.
J&J also warned panelists that any new restrictions on acetaminophen would force patients to switch to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, which carry risks of gastrointestinal bleeding and sometimes fatal kidney injury.
“When switching occurs, the risk of death increases,” said Dr. Kenneth Rothman, a consultant for J&J. According to figures from Rothman, a 30 percent switch away from acetaminophen would result in an additional 5,000 deaths per year.
Top-sellers in the anti-inflammatory drug market include Bayer AG’s aspirin and Wyeth’s Advil.
Executives from Wyeth scheduled a series of media briefings last week, arguing there’s no evidence that the reduced use of acetaminophen would cause more negative side effects with their drug.
“There are major flaws in their arguments that are not born out in real world experience,” said Dr. Paul Desjardins, a vice president with Wyeth.
Desjardins pointed out that the U.K. has put tighter safety measures in place for acetaminophen without causing increased problems with Advil and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
For its part, the FDA has made clear it will not play king-maker in the market for over-the-counter medications. The agency says its only goal is to reduce liver injury, “not to decrease appropriate acetaminophen use or to drive people to use NSAIDS instead.”
Solutions for Forced Vaccinations and Flu Pandemics
Solutions for Forced Vaccinations and Flu Pandemics
Thursday, July 02, 2009 by: Paul Fassa, citizen journalist
(NaturalNews) In response to several readers concern over the issues presented by the article Watch Out for Flying Syringes, GMO Food Vaccines, and Forced Vaccinations, here are some solutions. Most of the solutions suggested are for vaccination induced disease syndrome (VIDS) or post vaccination syndrome (PVS). Some are for the flu itself.
Especially among the very young whose immune systems are not fully developed, there have been many almost immediate, terrible consequences of VIDS or PVS. Understand that though you may have had vaccinations and walked away on your own two feet, there are residual, latent dangers that can cause auto immune problems later in life. There are several thousand Gulf War I veterans who can attest to that!
Vaccination by inoculation is not immunization. Immunization occurs when you are stricken with a disease and survive, or if you`re exposed to pathogens and your immune system beats them. Even without the hazardous materials usually present in vaccines, bypassing the normal path of the immune system by injection into the bloodstream with pathogens from unusual sources causes more long term chronic stress on the immune system. This chronic immune system stress manifests in illness or disease later in life.
This Article`s Format
There will be a brief descriptive summary of vaccination legal or medical assistance preceded by a number in bold that corresponds to the source in the sources section below. If you wish to pursue any topics further, those numbered source links can help you. If a link doesn`t work for you, then simply try copying the URL and pasting it into the blank browser address window and pressing the go button. There is an abundance of remedies to be explored beyond the scope of one article.
Many of the antidotes to VIDS or PVS are homeopathic. They usually require a personal approach to determine the exact homeopathic agents, their strengths, and protocol. So details are important. Homeopathy is effective and safe. It was around before the allopathic AMA started shoving it out of public view in America. During the 1918 so called Spanish Flu pandemic, most of those who survived used homeopathy or nothing at all. Many of those who were vaccinated died!
Over the last two decades, homeopathy has been applied successfully to VIDS or PVS victims of all ages. If there is no homeopath or other holistic practitioner available in your area who specializes in handling VIDS or PVS, then it`s recommended that you take some of the information from whatever source you investigate to your local holistic practitioner or contact someone in that source directly.
(1) Homeopathy for Everyone offers a comprehensive overview of homeopathy. From there you may find a list of homeopaths, perhaps one close to you. Only the homeopaths who signed up to this directory are listed, however. But the information you get from any of the sources below can be taken to a holistic practitioner in your area
What About a Pandemic Flu Episode?
(2) First, understand that flu victims who die usually do as a result of complications from the flu, especially pneumonia or other lung inflammation. During the last swine flu hysteria (2009) that occurred in Mexico City, a few homeopathic doctors banded together and came up with a protocol for curing that specific episode with a very high success rate. Their report was translated into English and posted.
(3) Then there are inexpensive black elderberry tinctures, which have been tested successfully on several different flu virus types. The swine flu was not available for those tests. Those can be ordered on line or made in large quantities at home. If you make your own tincture, don`t forget to let it season for at least a month avoiding sunlight, and shaking the mixture daily while seasoning. There is more information on that in the Natural News article Elderberry Trumps Tamiflu for Flu Remedy.
Avoiding Forced Vaccinations
(4) More and more states in the USA are forcing vaccinations through the school system or workplaces. Attorney Alan Phillips, author of Dispelling Vaccination Myths, specializes in VIDS or PVS cases nationwide. He got interested in the subject when he noticed the warning on a vaccination that was about to be administered to his infant child. The warning clearly stated that the odds of death from the vaccination were considerably higher than death from the diseases it was supposed to immunize. He challenged the perplexed doctor, refused the vaccination, and after more investigation dedicated his legal practice to claiming monetary damages for VIDS victims.
(5) The Vaccination Liberation Movement has lots of free detailed information on state vaccination exemptions and sample letters. These are effective for locally enforced vaccinations required by school systems, or workplaces and even the military. There is no guarantee that all the information is up to date. But if not, this could be a starting point to check on current local state laws.
(5A) Natural News writer Barbara Minton’s informative, recent feature article, Sign the Universal Declaration of Resistance to Mandatory Vaccination is where you can sign a petition to halt forced vaccinations. It is hoped to have an impact on the right people if enough sign up and submit it. Barbara also has more information on what the nature and motives are behind what is going on with the current pandemic scares and forced vaccinations.
(6) According to Dr. Rima E. Laibow, the Nuremberg Trails condemnation of dangerous medical experimentation on humans sets an international legal precedent. Since a rush by the pharmaceutical companies precludes proper testing, and since by law the vaccine producers are now exempt from vaccine damage liability, forced vaccinations due to pandemic alerts is dangerous human medical experimentation! Dr. Laibow also has a free white form to request a legal self imposed quarantine during an epidemic and resist a forced vaccination.
So far, home schooling, private schools, and utilizing legal exemptions have enabled some parents to protect their children from vaccinations forced by the public school systems. The legal exemptions also have helped others avoid enforced vaccinations in the workplace or even the military. But the white form may be the only legal out eventually.
(7) How long the legal loopholes will remain, and what will happen after the powers that be (sinister as they are) will declare a pandemic emergency to unleash a huge forced vaccination campaign in North America and perhaps elsewhere, is unknown. Natural News article Watch Out for Flying Syringes . . . contains some evidence of those North American forced vaccination plans and even control from the U.N. health czar can occur.
Then there is also the possibility of leaving the country and settling in areas such as South or Central America (except Columbia) if possible, where forced vaccinations do not exist or would be too difficult to enforce. In case none of the above options may be available to you, it would be wise to brace yourself for the worst and investigate remedies for VIDS (vaccination induced disease syndrome) or PVS (post vaccination syndrome) to ameliorate the potential vaccination damage.
VIDS or PVS Remedies
According to Sheri Nakken, a homeopath who specializes in VIDS or PVS remedy and recovery, Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Practitioners: Guide to Immunization Risks and Protection, by Neil Z. Miller and The Vaccine Guide, by Randall Neustaedter are the best available books on the subjects of vaccination injury and remedy.
(8) Fulvic Acid is inexpensive and immediately accessible on line. Besides being a safe and effective chelation agent that removes much of the heavy metals present in vaccines, it provides a body with all the minerals, trace elements, and micro-nutrients needed. It has been clinically tested successfully in China for difficult lung disorders. And the lungs are where the flu and pneumonia reside!
Considering the catastrophic possibilities, it may be well worth your time to investigate the listed sources until satisfied with enough to remedy potential vaccination damage, PVS or VIDS. Some of these sources have made themselves available to the public at large via email or phone. These sources are passionate on the subject of protecting their fellow humans from VIDS or PVS.
(9) There are actually courses available that enable one to protect themselves or their children from vaccination damage. They are not expensive, and they use the two books mentioned above. Some courses also provide a list of other sources concerned about vaccination damage.
(10) The Vaccination and Liberation movement has an impressive list of products from various sources that are available to help recover from VIDS or PVS. And there is even a source for a homeopathic nosode, which is a safe form of immunization, to safeguard against pneumonia, which is the complication that often becomes a killer from any form of flu.
(11) Dr. Tinus Smit, a Dutch MD and homeopath and author of a free booklet entitled Post Vaccination Syndrome, is living proof of the efficacy of homeopathy for PVS or VIDS. He has an almost perfect track record of curing PVS clients throughout Europe and parts of Asia. He has even cured autistic children completely from mercury infested early childhood vaccinations. His free booklet is available on line in English.
(12) Some state enforcement agencies can and will play hardball with parents who won’t allow their children to be vaccinated. Dr. Rebecca Carley had her only child taken into custody from her during her divorce proceeding in New York because she refused to have him vaccinated. She has since regained custody of her boy, and has become a court expert witness on vaccination damage in the Bronx Court System of New York City. She devotes her medical practice to VIDS or PVS.
(13) The Think Twice Global Institute is an excellent resource that includes a list of practitioners who specialize in VIDS or PVS. Some are listed with addresses and phone numbers and others have their websites linked. Many will not be in your local area, but may serve as a reference for practitioners in your locale or as a referral source for someone near you.
(14) A Homeopathy Ezine is available free off the Homeopathy for Everyone website with a direct link.
Don`t let all the bad news around us stress you. Safeguard your immune system in all the ways you know or discover. Be vigilant with equanimity. By accessing information from the sources listed below, you will have the tools to resist vaccinations or be cured from the aftermath of having been the victim of a forced vaccination campaign. You might want to bookmark these now and take time to decide which best serves your needs later. Just don`t wait too long. Things are beginning to happen.
(1) Homeopathy for Everyone http://www.hpathy.com/
(2) Observations of Mexican Flu 2009
http://www.hpathy.com/papersnew/gal…(3) Elderberry Trumps Tamiflu http://www.naturalnews.com/026354_e…
(4) Alan Phillips (attorney) http://www.vaccinerights.com/index.html
(5) Vaccination Liberation http://www.vaccinetruth.net/index.htm
(5A) Resistance to Forced Vaccination Petition
http://www.naturalnews.com/026496_N… AND
http://www.naturalnews.com/026503_p…(6) Health Freedom and white paper (Dr. Rima Laibow) http://www.healthfreedomusa.org/?p=2752
(7) Watch Out for Flying Vaccinations, GMO Edible Vaccines, and Forced Vaccinations
http://www.naturalnews.com/026434_v…(8) Fulvic Acid http://www.naturalnews.com/026258.html OR
http://www.naturalnews.com/026475_fulvic_acid_food_health.html(9) Sheri Nakken (course) http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm
(home page & list of other resources) http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/vaccineclass.htm(10) Vaccination and Liberation (letter from Donna Carillo) http://www.vaclib.org/chapter/donna…
(11) Dr. Tinus Smit (home) http://www.post-vaccination-syndrom…
(PVS info/ebook) http://www.post-vaccination-syndrome.com/3840/pvs.aspx(12) Dr. Rebecca Carley http://www.drcarley.com/
(13) Think Twice Global Institute http://thinktwice.com/reversal.htm
(14) A Homeopathy Ezine http://www.hpathy.com/ezine/2008nov.asp
How Allopathic Medicine is Shooting Itself in the Foot by Attacking Oprah
Ginger wrote a great piece about the recent Newsweek article on Oprah that I wanted to share.
How Allopathic Medicine is Shooting Itself in the Foot by Attacking Oprah
Oprah, thank you for doing what you do and bringing all of these issues/treatments to everyone’s attention. Our personal health and well being depends on us getting all the information available on all known treatments/drugs/supplements to make an informed decision on medical procedures and pharmaceuticals - and it’s refreshing to hear about alternative treatments. Keep doing what you do, Oprah!!
Roundup proves DEADLY to Human Cells
Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells
Roundup herbicide has toxic inert ingredient.
Weed-Whacking Herbicide Proves Deadly to Human Cells
Used in gardens, farms, and parks around the world, the weed killer Roundup contains an ingredient that can suffocate human cells in a laboratory, researchers say.
By Crystal Gammon and Environmental Health NewsUsed in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup’s inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.
The new findings intensify a debate about so-called “inerts” — the solvents, preservatives, surfactants and other substances that manufacturers add to pesticides. Nearly 4,000 inert ingredients are approved for use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Glyphosate, Roundup’s active ingredient, is the most widely used herbicide in the United States. About 100 million pounds are applied to U.S. farms and lawns every year, according to the EPA.
Until now, most health studies have focused on the safety of glyphosate, rather than the mixture of ingredients found in Roundup. But in the new study, scientists found that Roundup’s inert ingredients amplified the toxic effect on human cells—even at concentrations much more diluted than those used on farms and lawns.
One specific inert ingredient, polyethoxylated tallowamine, or POEA, was more deadly to human embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells than the herbicide itself – a finding the researchers call “astonishing.”
“This clearly confirms that the [inert ingredients] in Roundup formulations are not inert,” wrote the study authors from France’s University of Caen. “Moreover, the proprietary mixtures available on the market could cause cell damage and even death [at the] residual levels” found on Roundup-treated crops, such as soybeans, alfalfa and corn, or lawns and gardens.
The research team suspects that Roundup might cause pregnancy problems by interfering with hormone production, possibly leading to abnormal fetal development, low birth weights or miscarriages.
Monsanto, Roundup’s manufacturer, contends that the methods used in the study don’t reflect realistic conditions and that their product, which has been sold since the 1970s, is safe when used as directed. Hundreds of studies over the past 35 years have addressed the safety of glyphosate.
“Roundup has one of the most extensive human health safety and environmental data packages of any pesticide that’s out there,” said Monsanto spokesman John Combest. “It’s used in public parks, it’s used to protect schools. There’s been a great deal of study on Roundup, and we’re very proud of its performance.”
The EPA considers glyphosate to have low toxicity when used at the recommended doses.
“Risk estimates for glyphosate were well below the level of concern,” said EPA spokesman Dale Kemery. The EPA classifies glyphosate as a Group E chemical, which means there is strong evidence that it does not cause cancer in humans.
In addition, the EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture both recognize POEA as an inert ingredient. Derived from animal fat, POEA is allowed in products certified organic by the USDA. The EPA has concluded that it is not dangerous to public health or the environment.
The French team, led by Gilles-Eric Seralini, a University of Caen molecular biologist, said its results highlight the need for health agencies to reconsider the safety of Roundup.
“The authorizations for using these Roundup herbicides must now clearly be revised since their toxic effects depend on, and are multiplied by, other compounds used in the mixtures,” Seralini’s team wrote.
Controversy about the safety of the weed killer recently erupted in Argentina, one of the world’s largest exporters of soy.
Last month, an environmental group petitioned Argentina’s Supreme Court, seeking a temporary ban on glyphosate use after an Argentine scientist and local activists reported a high incidence of birth defects and cancers in people living near crop-spraying areas. Scientists there also linked genetic malformations in amphibians to glysophate. In addition, last year in Sweden, a scientific team found that exposure is a risk factor for people developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Inert ingredients are often less scrutinized than active pest-killing ingredients. Since specific herbicide formulations are protected as trade secrets, manufacturers aren’t required to publicly disclose them. Although Monsanto is the largest manufacturer of glyphosate-based herbicides, several other manufacturers sell similar herbicides with different inert ingredients.
The term “inert ingredient” is often misleading, according to Caroline Cox, research director of the Center for Environmental Health, an Oakland-based environmental organization. Federal law classifies all pesticide ingredients that don’t harm pests as “inert,” she said. Inert compounds, therefore, aren’t necessarily biologically or toxicologically harmless – they simply don’t kill insects or weeds.
Kemery said the EPA takes into account the inert ingredients and how the product is used, whenever a pesticide is approved for use. The aim, he said, is to ensure that “if the product is used according to labeled directions, both people’s health and the environment will not be harmed.” One label requirement for Roundup is that it should not be used in or near freshwater to protect amphibians and other wildlife.
But some inert ingredients have been found to potentially affect human health. Many amplify the effects of active ingredients by helping them penetrate clothing, protective equipment and cell membranes, or by increasing their toxicity. For example, a Croatian team recently found that an herbicide formulation containing atrazine caused DNA damage, which can lead to cancer, while atrazine alone did not.
POEA was recognized as a common inert ingredient in herbicides in the 1980s, when researchers linked it to a group of poisonings in Japan. Doctors there examined patients who drank Roundup, either intentionally or accidentally, and determined that their sicknesses and deaths were due to POEA, not glyphosate.
POEA is a surfactant, or detergent, derived from animal fat. It is added to Roundup and other herbicides to help them penetrate plants’ surfaces, making the weed killer more effective.
“POEA helps glyphosate interact with the surfaces of plant cells,” explained Negin Martin, a scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in North Carolina, who was not involved in the study. POEA lowers water’s surface tension–the property that makes water form droplets on most surfaces–which helps glyphosate disperse and penetrate the waxy surface of a plant.
In the French study, researchers tested four different Roundup formulations, all containing POEA and glyphosate at concentrations below the recommended lawn and agricultural dose. They also tested POEA and glyphosate separately to determine which caused more damage to embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells.
Glyphosate, POEA and all four Roundup formulations damaged all three cell types. Umbilical cord cells were especially sensitive to POEA. Glyphosate became more harmful when combined with POEA, and POEA alone was more deadly to cells than glyphosate. The research appears in the January issue of the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology.
By using embryonic and placental cell lines, which multiply and respond to chemicals rapidly, and fresh umbilical cord cells, Seralini’s team was able to determine how the chemicals combine to damage cells.
The two ingredients work together to “limit breathing of the cells, stress them and drive them towards a suicide,” Seralini said.
The research was funded in part by France’s Committee for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering, a scientific committee that investigates risks associated with genetically modified organisms. One of Roundup’s primary uses is on crops that are genetically engineered to be resistant to glyphosate.
Monsanto scientists argue that cells in Seralini’s study were exposed to unnaturally high levels of the chemicals. “It’s very unlike anything you’d see in real-world exposure. People’s cells are not bathed in these things,” said Donna Farmer, another toxicologist at Monsanto.
Seralini’s team, however, did study multiple concentrations of Roundup. These ranged from the typical agricultural or lawn dose down to concentrations 100,000 times more dilute than the products sold on shelves. The researchers saw cell damage at all concentrations.
Monsanto scientists also question the French team’s use of laboratory cell lines.
“These are just not very good models of a whole organism, like a human being,” said Dan Goldstein, a toxicologist with Monsanto.Goldstein said humans have protective mechanisms that resist substances in the environment, such as skin and the lining of the gastrointestinal tract, which constantly renew themselves. “Those phenomena just don’t happen with isolated cells in a Petri dish.”
But Cox, who studies pesticides and their inert ingredients at the Oakland environmental group, says lab experiments like these are important in determining whether a chemical is safe.
“We would never consider it ethical to test these products on people, so we’re obliged to look at their effects on other species and in other systems,” she said. “There’s really no way around that.”
Seralini said the cells used in the study are widely accepted in toxicology as good models for studying the toxicity of chemicals.
“The fact is that 90 percent of labs studying mechanisms of toxicity or physiology use cell lines,” he said.
Most research has examined glyphosate alone, rather than combined with Roundup’s inert ingredients. Researchers who have studied Roundup formulations have drawn conclusions similar to the Seralini group’s. For example, in 2005, University of Pittsburg ecologists added Roundup at the manufacturer’s recommended dose to ponds filled with frog and toad tadpoles. When they returned two weeks later, they found that 50 to 100 percent of the populations of several species of tadpoles had been killed.
A group of over 250 environmental, health and labor organizations has petitioned the EPA to change requirements for identifying pesticides’ inert ingredients. The agency’s decision is due this fall.
“It would be a big step for the agency to take,” said Cox. “But it’s one they definitely should.”
The groups claim that the laws allowing manufacturers to keep inert ingredients secret from competitors are essentially unnecessary. Companies can determine a competitor’s inert ingredients through routine lab analyses, said Cox.
“The proprietary protection laws really only keep information from the public,” she said.
Letter from an adult with autism
Everytime I read the writings about an adult with autism going through the same things as my son, it’s reassurance that I am doing the right thing. I hope that Roger can get the medical attention that he deserves, it’s long overdue.
Times ordered to Remove Deer’s Stories on Dr. Wakefield
It won’t be long before Deer is kicked to the curb and rightfully so.
Press Complaints Commission Orders Sunday Times to Remove Deer’s Stories on Dr. Wakefield
