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Alliance for Natural Health News Update
Welcome back! We trust you've had a restful and relaxing summer break and have returned recharged and ready to add your voice to ours and step up the pace on our campaign to protect our natural freedoms.
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Please find below a selection of our most recent news items, including our latest press release detailing Independent Irish MEP Kathy Sinnott's grave concerns overthe European Commission’s proposed approach to harmonising European laws affecting the natural products industry.
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ANH Press Release: MEP Kathy Sinnott lays down the gauntlet at Irish health show
Independent Irish MEP Kathy Sinnott addressed the Irish health trade at the Rude Health Show in Dublin on the 6th September, signalling major concerns over the European Commission’s proposed approach to harmonising European laws affecting the natural products industry.
Counterfeit drug sales rampant on internet
Did you know that sales of counterfeit prescription-only drugs worldwide could rise to over $55 billion by 2010? The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines has released an important report explaining this growing problem and its risks.
FDA gives green light to irradiation of spinach and lettuce across the USA today
In a bid to avoid E. coli or Salmonella outbreaks, the FDA have caved into pressure from the food processing industry to allow irradiation of spinach and iceberg lettuce. The FDA seems not one bit concerned about how this might deteriorate the crops' nutrient levels, and claimed that there was overwhelming evidence that it was safe.
Vitamin D: as close to a magic bullet as you can get?
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that a deficiency of circulating vitamin D levels in the blood is strongly linked to increased risk of death from heart disease. The evidence supporting vitamin D against heart disease and cancer is now unequivocal—but regulators are still keen to restrict our intake.
