What to do about CAFTA, CODEX and our future

[Guest guest]

I recieved this from

http://www.naturalhealthline.com/

 

Since this was published. CAFTA has passed the senate and was signed by the

President

 

Prominent Cancer Doctor Says Pending U.S. House Bill May Limit Access to

Nutritional

Supplements

 

Tells Congressional Offices to Expect

" Sit-In " by Cancer Patients

 

Reporting © By Peter Barry Chowka

 

(July 26, 2005) Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D., a pioneering practitioner of leading

edge

nutritional medicine in the United States, has taken a strong stand on the CAFTA

bill

currently being considered in the House of Representatives. He promises that if

CAFTA

passes, is signed into law, and winds up limiting the ability of Americans to

get high dose

nutritional supplements, many of his cancer patients will sit in at their

Congressmen's

offices " until they die " .

 

In his private practice in New York City, Gonzalez treats patients, most of them

with

cancer, exclusively with nutrition, supplements, and detoxification, avoiding

conventional

therapies and so-called integrative approaches that attempt to combine orthodox

treatments with complementary adjuncts. In 1999, after publishing a pilot study

in a

medical journal on the success of his treatment on advanced pancreatic cancer

patients,

Gonzalez received an unprecedented $1.4 million grant from the National

Institutes of

Health to conduct a prospective clinical trial of his therapy. That trial is

still ongoing.

 

On July 15, 2005, Gonzalez wrote letters to his member of Congress, Rep. Carolyn

Maloney (D-NY), and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert

(R-IL).

The subject was Gonzalez' vehement opposition to H.R. 3045 CAFTA, the Central

American Free Trade Agreement which is scheduled to be voted on by the House

before

the end of the month.

 

Gonzalez provided me with copies of his letters and gave me permission to

publish and

comment on them. He wrote to me that his letters " explain the issue, and could

be used as

the basis for any [constituent's] letter to a Congressperson. "

[Guest guest]

Alex,

 

Could you clarify how CAFTA will limit supplements. Is it because more open

trade with

Central America will require our laws regulating supplements to be in line with

(I'm

presuming) the more restrictive regulations of our southern neighbors?

 

Thanks,

 

Sarah Rivkin

 

, " Alex Berks " <aberks@e...> wrote:

> I recieved this from

> http://www.naturalhealthline.com/

>

> Since this was published. CAFTA has passed the senate and was signed by the

President

>

> Prominent Cancer Doctor Says Pending U.S. House Bill May Limit Access to

Nutritional

> Supplements

>

> Tells Congressional Offices to Expect

> " Sit-In " by Cancer Patients

>

> Reporting © By Peter Barry Chowka

>

> (July 26, 2005) Nicholas Gonzalez, M.D., a pioneering practitioner of leading

edge

> nutritional medicine in the United States, has taken a strong stand on the

CAFTA bill

> currently being considered in the House of Representatives. He promises that

if CAFTA

> passes, is signed into law, and winds up limiting the ability of Americans to

get high

dose

> nutritional supplements, many of his cancer patients will sit in at their

Congressmen's

> offices " until they die " .

>

> In his private practice in New York City, Gonzalez treats patients, most of

them with

> cancer, exclusively with nutrition, supplements, and detoxification, avoiding

conventional

> therapies and so-called integrative approaches that attempt to combine

orthodox

> treatments with complementary adjuncts. In 1999, after publishing a pilot

study in a

> medical journal on the success of his treatment on advanced pancreatic cancer

patients,

> Gonzalez received an unprecedented $1.4 million grant from the National

Institutes of

> Health to conduct a prospective clinical trial of his therapy. That trial is

still ongoing.

>

> On July 15, 2005, Gonzalez wrote letters to his member of Congress, Rep.

Carolyn

> Maloney (D-NY), and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis

Hastert (R-IL).

> The subject was Gonzalez' vehement opposition to H.R. 3045 CAFTA, the Central

> American Free Trade Agreement which is scheduled to be voted on by the House

before

> the end of the month.

>

> Gonzalez provided me with copies of his letters and gave me permission to

publish and

> comment on them. He wrote to me that his letters " explain the issue, and could

be used

as

> the basis for any [constituent's] letter to a Congressperson. "

[Guest guest]

, " saydit " <saydit@e...> wrote:

> Alex,

>

> Could you clarify how CAFTA will limit supplements. Is it because more open

trade with

> Central America will require our laws regulating supplements to be in line

with (I'm

> presuming) the more restrictive regulations of our southern neighbors?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sarah Rivkin

 

In the words of Dr. Gonzalez, an MD doing alternative cancer treatment with

numerous

OTC supplements, writes in his open letter to his Senator "

 

" CAFTA, if passed, would require the US harmonize its dietary supplement

legislation with

that of CODEX, forbid the over-the-counter sale of the great majority of useful

supplements, and destroy the valuable US supplement industry. "

 

Now, I don't know if this is true or not but my impression is that the numerous

supplement companies that I purchase from have spoken nothing about it at all.

maybe

they know something I don't?

 

For the full text of Dr. Gonzalez' letter to Congress Check out http//:

naturalhealthline.com. I personally found it shocking.

 

Alex Berks L. Ac.