Through an interactive personal care product safety guide, “Skin Deep,” consumers can consult brand-by-brand safety ratings for more than 14,000 products. “Skin Deep” fills the information gap left by an industry that markets thousand of products with ingredients that have not been assessed for safety by either industry or government health experts. Those safety decisions are made behind closed doors,…
Supplements
The following is list of congresspersons who have played a role in the regulation of natural health generally, and DSHEA in particular over the past few years. This list is certainly not exhaustive. We encourage you to research individual congresspersons and candidates at www.yourcadidatesyourhealth.org to see if particular candidates have taken clear positions on natural health issues. House Reps: Dan…
We predicted late last year before, during and after the election that 2009 would begin a time of change and challenge for dietary supplements. It looks like the first shoe has dropped: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented a report to Congress last week, titled Dietary Supplements: FDA Should Take Further Action to Improve Oversight and Consumer Understanding. A…
In this increasingly complex world of regulations, environmental contamination, and special interests vying for control of your medical privacy and access to complementary/alternative healthcare practices, fortunes are in play and your basic human right to health is being challenged. Advocates have described the wellness arena as follows, “Medicine is a science, healing is an art, and healthcare is a business”….
Currently, food manufacturers are prohibited from labeling their products with accurate health-related information without being subjected to a lengthy and expensive FDA review. In a recent court case, the judiciary agreed with natural health consumers and ruled that the FDA’s approval process is unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. In response, the FDA has announced the opening of a comment period…
Here’s a link to a white paper just put out by the Natural Solutions Foundation. Click here to view.
WASHINGTON—The Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, in cooperation with the two the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Natural Products Association (NPA), hosted the third of a series of lunch briefings since the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus was founded. The briefings were aimed at educating Congressional staffers on important issues related to the dietary supplement industry. William Cooper, M.D., medical…