Citizens For Health

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09 May: Letter to FDA: Investigate radioactivity in foods to Make America Healthy Again

In a recent letter to the Food and Drug Administration, Citizens for Health (CFH) and Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN) strongly urged the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the real possibility of radioactivity in U.S. food as part of the federal government’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda given that radiation from nuclear accidents bioaccumulates in food and there are…

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02 Apr: DOJ Asks District Court to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Xlear, Inc.

In a striking turnaround, the Department of Justice recently asked the United States District Court of Utah to dismiss the FTC’s case against Xlear, Inc. and its CEO Nathan Jones, bringing closure to a nearly four-year battle. On March 10, 2024, the DOJ and Xlear filed a stipulation to dismiss the case with prejudice. READ MORE: CFH and National Health…

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27 Jan: Too Little, Too Late: FDA Finally Says ‘No More’ to Red Dye No. 3 in Food, Drugs

After ignoring legislative directives and a deep well of scientific data over the last 33 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has belatedly banned the continued use of Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C) red dye no. 3 in food, including dietary supplements (effective January 15, 2027) and ingested drugs (effective January 18, 2028). This action comes more than…

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17 Dec: California Bill Requires Toxic Metal Testing of Infant Food

Baby food sold in California just got a lot cleaner. California Assembly Bill AB 899 will now require that baby food manufacturers regularly test their products for specific toxic elements (e.g., arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury) and to disclose the levels of those elements to consumers on brand websites. Further, dietary supplements marketed to children aged two and under fall…

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03 Dec: Book Summary: Rethinking What You Know About Medicine

Open your mind to new possibilities and maybe change the way you approach health treatments – both natural and conventional. That’s the main request of Benton Bramwell, ND and Ridgecrest Herbals’ CEO, W. Matthew Warnock, JD in their new book, Rethinking Medicine: Harmonizing Science and Herbal Tradition. From the Beginning The book begins with personal stories of the authors’ winding…

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22 Oct: Citizens, National Health Federation File Friends-of-the-Court Brief Against FTC

Last week, Citizens for Health (CFH) and the National Health Federation (NHF) jointly filed an Amici Curiae brief in United States v. Xlear, a pending Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement action in the United States District Court for the Central Division of Utah. The amici brief  filing, also called a Friends-of-the-Court brief, supports a motion by Xlear, Inc. (the corporate…

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17 Sep: Fukushima Fallout: Fuel Debris Collection Poses Continued Threat to U.S. Food, Water

This month, Japan revived efforts to collect samples of melted fuel debris from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant using a robot. In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear plant’s cooling systems to fail, leaving behind fuel debris and other radioactivate contaminants. This latest attempt to collect and study a fuel sample from the site…