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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On Monday, July 15, 2024, our partners at Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network, will assemble a panel of experts, including Citizens for Health’s President and Senior Policy Advisor, James Gormely to brief Congress about the ongoing problem of radioactive contamination of our food and water and what steps our legislators can take to mitigate contamination. Join us for an online briefing…
Some of the most powerful forms of control are the ones we don’t see. Using complex algorithms and AI, private tech giants like Alphabet that own Google and YouTube wield unseen power, filtering what we see and don’t see. This restriction of free speech, as seen in YouTube’s new medical misinformation policy, hinders critical thought and prevents diverse perspectives around…
The New York State Assembly has passed Assembly Bill 5610-D. If enacted, it would restrict sales of safe and beneficial sports nutrition and weight management products to consumers under the age of eighteen. The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) said that it “…is dismayed by the uncritical review given to A5610-D by the New York Assembly. The legislation is a…
And 70% of Americans are more likely to support a Congressional candidate who will protect dietary supplements and homeopathy Citizens for Health, along with several other prominent health-choice organizations, cosponsored a survey conducted by the Marist Poll*, which found, among other things, the following: 75% of Americans use “vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements or natural or homeopathic remedies” 70%…