Chris Gupta
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3) EU Ambassadors Warned 'irish Tap Water Not Safe For Baby Bottles'.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Pocock
To: Fluoride Free Water
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 10:21 AM
Dublin
Monday 30th May 2011
EU ambassadors in Ireland warned that tap water is not safe for baby bottles.
EU ambassadors in Dublin have been informed that their nationals living in Ireland should not make up baby bottles with tap water. Following an Open Letter (1) to the European Commission by leading Dutch paediatrician, Dr Gavin ten Tusscher and others associated with Amsterdam University and the NGO Ecobaby, EU diplomacies in Dublin have been alerted to the risks from tap water in Ireland which contains untrialled, falsified medicinal products (fluorosilicates) that are unsafe for bottle-fed babies. The letter to EU diplomatic missions from Irish campaigner Robert Pocock is attached (2).
Dr ten Tusscher has written to EU Commissioner John Dalli suggesting that the same reasoning for a recent directive banning bisphenol A in baby bottles must now be also applied to tap water containing untrialled and unauthorized fluorosilicates whose active pharmaceutical ingredients do not meet mandatory manufacturing quality standards.
The recently passed Directive 2011/8/EU banning bisphenol A in baby bottles was necessary, said EU Commissioner Dalli, since bottle-fed babies are at special risk because a) baby bottles are their only source of nutrition
b) no official warnings are given to parents about the risks and
c) no product labels advise parents of these risks.
Since exactly similar risks to babies from bisphenol A apply to fluorosilicates in formula made up with tap water, a similar directive is now necessary to protect vulnerable infants, argued the Dutch paediatric doctors..
�What these European doctors have done is expose the lax regulations applying to fake medicinal products in Ireland. Consumers and especially children in the rest of Europe are protected from these falsified and prohibited medicines but not in Ireland� said Irish Stop Fluoridation Campaigner, Robert Pocock.
With Commissioner Dalli hailing the bisphenol A ban as a victory for consumer health(3), it now remains to be seen if he will continue to allow rogue states like Ireland to flout pan-European measures designed to protect consumers, especially the most vulnerable.
More Information on (+353) 086 811 3071
(1) (http://www.ecobaby.nl/ )
(2) 26th May 2011 Letter to EU Ambassadors in Ireland below:
(3)http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/229&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
For other media comment on this issue please see
http://www.anh-europe.org/news/leading-paediatrician-asks-for-rethink-on-infant-fluoride-exposure-in-irish-republic
Dun Laoghaire
Co Dublin
Phone 086 811 3071
Thursday, May 26th 2011
To all European Union Ambassadors in Ireland.
Dear Ambassador,
EU nationals at health risk from Irish tap water.
While EU nationals are nominally protected from unsafe medicines and food in Europe by means of pan-European safety regulation, this does not apply in Ireland where clinically untrialled and unauthorized fluorosilicates are added to most public drinking water under a practice prohibited in other Member States.
We wish to alert you to the unique risks from what are in fact falsified medicines present in Irish tap water and to which many of your nationals in Ireland may be exposed, in particular the risks to those who may be bottle-feeding their babies.
The Open Letter from leading Dutch paediatrician Dr ten Tusscher supported by the NGO Ecobaby to EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli, has called for urgent measures to protect bottle-fed babies from unsafe fluorosilicates in drinking water, for the very same reasons recently quoted by Commissioner Dalli in the new Directive 2011/8/EU banning bisphenol A in baby bottles (http://www.ecobaby.nl/ )
In the meantime and since the Irish government declines to issue warnings about these falsified medicines either to Irish or other EU nationals living here, you may wish to alert your fellow nationals to the risks. In particular you might advise parents of newborns not to use Irish tap water to make up infant formula because it leads to fluoride over-dosing.
Every third Irish teenager now has dental fluorosis or permanent disfigurement of their teeth � pictures in the link below * and the fluorosis risk commences at birth.
For further international information on fluoride risks to bottle-fed babies, please see http://www2.fluoridealert.org/Alert/United-States/National/Parents-Should-be-Warned-Fluoridated-Water-is-Not-Recommended-for-Infants
Yours sincerely,
Robert Pocock
Stop Fluoridation Campaigner
* http://spotsonmyteeth.com/
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B4Hd8gnw0FJJY2Q1NDA3YTYtZDNkOC00ZGNmLTkzZTgtZjEyODM1MzdmMjcz&hl=en_GB
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4) National Fluoride Information Centre dumped by UK Government
Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 20:07:29 +0100
From: Doug Cross <maverick65@tiscali..co.uk>
The only official fluoride propaganda outlet for the UK government's controversial water fluoridation programme has been quietly shut down, allegedly to save money. In fact we exposed the NFIC as a government-sponsored hoax in July 2009 - a non-existent 'Centre of impartial academic excellence' housed in a semi-derelict building on the Manchester University campus, abandoned as 'unfit for modern science' in 2007! Now its annual UK Treasury funding of £125,000 has been axed, leaving the Health Service with no official source of (mis)information on the claimed benefits of fluoridation.
We are repeatedly assured that our children are in desperate need of better dental services. Now we are expected to believe that the sole source of official propaganda in the UK on the claimed benefits of fluoridation has been shut down to save the equivalent of the salary of one mediocre-level civil servant? Who are they kidding?
For the background and implications of this latest blow to the British government's Fluoridation Folly, read our exposure at
http://www.ukcaf.org/national_fluoride_information_centre_dumped_by_uk_.html
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5) THE CASE AGAINST FLUORIDE, March 2, 2011 With Dr. Paul Connett - Last Item In Pam Killeen' Upcoming Events
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 14:17:11 -0400
From: Pam Killeen <healthmaps@hotmail.com>
Subject: Upcoming Events
Hello Everyone!
I hope all is well with you, and that you're enjoying this fine weather! I have some classes and book signings coming up that I thought you might want to know about. In addition, I've included the video of our presentation "The Case Against Fluoride" with Dr. Paul Connett. Feel free to share the footage with your local politicians.
SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR BAD DIGESTION, Saturday June 4, 1-5 pm, Central Library, London, ON
BOOK SIGNINGS - LONDON, ON
Chapters South Saturday June 18, 1-5 pm
Chapters North Saturday June 25, 1-5 pm
WHAT'S WRONG WITH POLITICALLY CORRECT NUTRITION? HOW 'HEALTHY EATING' IS MAKING US SICK, 4-part series, October, 2011, Central Library, London, ON
THE CASE AGAINST FLUORIDE, March 2, 2011 with Dr. Paul Connett
THE CASE AGAINST FLUORIDE Q&A
For health and nutrition updates, be sure to "friend" me on Facebook.
Be well,
Pam
www.pamkilleen.com
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6) Labeling of GMO Foods Moves Forward at Codex
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:17:37 +0000
From: National Health Federation <thenhf@thenhf.com>
NEWS RELEASE
VICTORY, OF SORTS, AT LAST
Labeling of GMO Foods Moves Forward at Codex Level
By Scott C. Tips
May 31, 2011
After some eighteen years and seemingly interminable debates between two sharply divided camps, the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL), at its 39th session held in Quebec City, Canada, the week of May 9-13, 2011, finally reached a consensus on a watered-down labeling guideline for GMO foods. No thanks to the blocking efforts of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, and Australia, this Guideline does not require mandatory labeling of GMO foods. However, what it does accomplish is to provide protection from the World Trade Organization (WTO) for those countries that require genetically modified organism (GMO) foods to be labeled as such. In that sense, it is a huge victory.
Or, it will be. First, the Guideline � which is currently called the �Proposed Draft Compilation of Codex Texts Relevant to Labelling of Foods Derived from Modern Biotechnology� � must first be adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its meeting in Geneva this coming July. NHF will be in attendance there. While it is likely that the Guideline will be adopted at that meeting, it is also entirely possible that it could be sent back to CCFL for further review. Nothing is assured.
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7) Natural Health Products Protection Association (NHPPA) E-Blast: May 25 2011 | New Parliament. New Tools. - Canada
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 23:28:31 -0700
From: NHPPA <info@nhppa.org>
Subject: NHPPA E-Blast: May 25 2011 | New Parliament. New Tools.
NEW PARLIAMENT. NEW TOOLS.
Timed to take advantage of the new start in Ottawa.
Raising awareness through blogging and social media is excellent, but can these actions alone cause fundamental change?
Armed with the MP Package and a new Parliament, the NHPPA is asking you to get physical for the summer.
Motions towards change have already begun by our predecessors, NHPPA's independent work and of course the critical work of our health freedom colleagues and industry. We're at the tipping point of great change, as the insult to the natural health products industry becomes worse. We ask you in this email to commit to arranging one face-to-face meeting with your MP. There are now citizens in each of our 308 Freedom Network ridings across Canada. If you are still unsubscribed join today!
Dark scenarios are still being described to the NHPPA through industry stakeholders. This is still a current reality. Worse perhaps, in ways that have yet to come; deadline or not.
As much as we accept that some of these things will happen, it has helped NHPPA realize that in spite of this dark present, there are still those who hold to the highest good that will eventually prevail.
TWO NEW ACTION KITS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE.
Visit your MP, take up your democratic right to have your voice heard directly. It can be an intimidating idea but the NHPPA has put together a kit to help you.
Your MP may have returned to Parliament with a renewed majority, after years in Ottawa, or they may be newly elected this year for the first time. Whoever represents you and whatever their experience they have recently felt the will of the people.
Now is the time to set the tone of for the Natural Health community in this Parliament.
Now is the time to flag the issues that will matter to the economic and personal health of Canadians.
VISITING YOUR MP ACTION KIT
What to bring and what to say
Here you will find a detailed guide to make an appointment with your Member of Parliament and to making the most of your time. There are links to materials you can use, both to deepen your knowledge and understanding before you go, and to supply for your MP to read and respond.
Remember: you don�t have to be politically active or excessively knowledgeable.
You are a constituent. And your MP only has one way to hear what matters to you.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ACTION KIT: Visiting Your MP
The official list of elected Members was expected to be available beginning on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011. However, when NHPPA prepared this E-blast the link to the list was not yet live. Check back this week to see if the Parliament website has been updated: House of Commons Members of Parliament
VIDEO LINKS ACTION KIT
Short clips for Facebook and Email
Video remains a powerful medium for learning and sharing.
As the assault on the natural health community continues, as the government which began removing your constitutional rights returns with more power than ever, we need every concerned citizen to deepen their understanding of the issues. The problems are complex, the human tragedies are desperate.
Now is the time to educate.
In your Video Links Action Kit you will find interviews, lectures, interactive legal explanation and more. The NHPPA had compiled these accessible and engaging tools to help you learn and teach. Find suggestions for using the video links for yourself and others. With this user-friendly information you can engage your network right now.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR ACTION KIT: Video Links
AFFECTING CHANGE. ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
We know that time is running out. That everyone who sees their ability to choose freedom eroded, has to act now. We know that it can be difficult to know where and how to start. We are supplying your running blocks, but only you can run. Please, don't rely on those outside yourself to move and challenge this fight. Take issue with something specific you find most questionable, and personally, unjust about the choices being made in Ottawa...for yourself and for all of those who demand the freedom to choose. Make this your time.
"Action is the antidote to despair."�Joan Baez
Protecting access,
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8) PETITION: Abattoir Meeting - Grass Fed Meat
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 22
From: Donna Costa <dmcosta@bell.net>
Small family farms rely on small abattoirs for the processing of the grass-fed meat that we depend on in our diets. Large slaughtering houses do not want to be bothered with the one or two animals at a time that come from small farms. But the small abattoirs are being squeezed out of existence by government regulations and we are on the brink of losing them completely!
The Malcolm Womens Institute in Elmwood, Grey Bruce County, has started a campaign to help save our disappearing abattoirs. This campaign is called Stepping Up To The Plate. On Monday, June 6, a public information and discussion evening is planned in Chesley, Ontario. The panel discussions begin in the gym at Chesley District High School at 7:30 P.M.
You can also read more about this meeting in the blog by Margo McIntosh, the Wellesley WAPF Chapter Leader. http://balanceyourapple.com/?p=582 She has also organized an on-line petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43938/sign.html
For more information about the meeting, the campaign or to make a donation, contact Barb Klages at 519-881-1950.
Unfortunately, I am in Toronto and unable to attend the meeting. If you can, please try to attend the meeting. I realize it is a long drive, but the more consumers that go to the meeting, the better chance that the Minister of Agriculture will hear the group's concerns.
Thanks for listening! Thanks for caring!
Donna Costa
London & Area
WAPF Chapter Leader
519.281.8655
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9) Wild Food Walk - Brantford And Area
From: maida broughtion <maida_new_friend@hotmail.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 22:08:19 -0400
HI I'm giving a walk on the Six Nations reserve near Brantford to identfy wild foods ,
with monthly worshops in mind to learn about being self sufficient with food and remedies.
See flyer below