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Takes On the FDA Why the Natural Health
Movement Must Protect Itself by Kathleen Barnes
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Charles C. Adams, M.D. Amanda Geitz, L.M.T.
passionate advocate for natural health. For more than 20 years, he’s been at the forefront in the fight against government restriction of dietary supplements and for transparency in the food industry, and has twice participated in America’s trade delegation to the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission, advocating for health freedom. Gormley’s editorial positions have
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included editor-in-chief of Better Nutri- tion and editorial director for the Vitamin Retailer Magazine Group. He now serves as both vice president and senior policy advisor for Citizens for Health and as a scientific advisory board member with the Natural Health Research Institute. His latest book, Health at Gunpoint:
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Why do you believe that the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are tainted by special interests, particularly big companies in the pharmaceutical and food industries? The FDA was created to address issues of food and drug contamination and adulteration. Dr. Harvey Wiley, the coura- geous first leader of its predecessor, the Bureau of Chemistry, expressed his dis- gust with the unintended consequences
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ames Gormley, a leader of the natural health movement in the U.S. and an award-winning health journalist, is a
in his 1929 book, The History of a Crime Against the Food Law: The Amazing Story of the National Food and Drugs Law Intended to Protect the Health of the People, Perverted to Protect Adulteration of Foods and Drugs. The FDA has been beholden to drug
companies for decades. Making the situa- tion worse, a 2012 law loosened conflict of interest restrictions for FDA advisory panels. That has further weakened the agency’s review system and likely al- lowed more drugs with safety problems to gain marketing approval, according to an analysis published in the journal Sci- ence in 2013. In addition, 40 percent of the FDA’s last budget increase came from user fees on prescription drugs paid by the pharmaceutical giants. The USDA has the potential to do
much good, but is bogged down with politics and mandates to push question- able biotechnology.
With regard to the controversy over genetically modified or- ganisms (GMO), are certain companies being given undue influence in national policy making? Yes. A perfect example was the ability of Monsanto to block initiatives requiring labeling of food products that contain GMOs in California and Washington state. Monsanto and the food industry continue to leverage their considerable influence in the U.S. Congress to block such legislation on a national level, despite the massive outcry from consum- ers demanding to know the identity and origin of the food we eat.
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