In Media We Trust

In America, our media only provides us with half of the story. That half of the story is spun so well, we Americans believe what the news tells us, and take it for the God's honest truth. Little do we know, there is another side to our news stories, that deserve some coverage.

Take fluoridation of our water supply. We are told by dentists that fluoride is great for our teeth, and prevents cavities. What we are not told, is fluoride has been shown to cause cancer and lower IQs in animal studies. These studies were not extended to humans, simply because the government said it was not needed. Too much fluoride can cause tooth damage and poisoning. Read your toothpaste, the label clearly states: if more than what is used for brushing is swallowed, contact poison control. Plus, swallowing fluoride can cause brown stains on your teeth and tooth decay.

Not to mention fluoxetine hydrochloride is the active ingredient in many antidepressants, like Prozac. Fluoxetine is a derivative of fluoride and hydrochloride comes from chlorine, which is also in America's water supply.

The economic motive behind putting fluoride in your water is endless. Farmers need somewhere to put fluorine run off from pesticides, big industries need a place for fluoride pollution, and oil companies need a place to put its fluorine poison. So, the public is told fluoride is good for your teeth. But, tooth decay is on the rise in the United States--compare that to the United Kingdom, in which only 10% of the water supply is fluorinated--and their rates of tooth decay are DECLINING.

Another popular, but half-truth, we Americans hear, is that washing with soap and shampoo is good hygiene. Most people, unless you work on a farm, or get excessively dirty, do not need to use soap or shampoo everyday. The main ingriendent in these products is sodium lauryl sulfate. It is potentially harmful to skin and hair because it cleans by corrosion, dries skin by stripping the protective lipids from the surface so it can't effectively regulate moisture.

Sodium Lauryl Sulfate in itself, is not that bad. However, when you mix it with nitrates, it can cause cancer. Nitrates are found in EVERYONE'S water supply. Nitrates are used as fertilizers, and run off gets in your water supply. Plus, sodium lauryl sulfate contains sulfuric acid. According the US MSDS safety sheet on sulfric acid, it causes cancers, is highly corrosive, and can cause tissue necrosis. In layman's terms, necrosis is TISSUE DEATH, that's right, you're killing your skin while washing with soap and scrubbing your hair.

Another skin destroying product: sunscreen. The recognized toxic ingridients in sunscreen include: benzophenone, PABA, and octyl salicylate. Read about these chemicals, they are not good for you, and conveniently enough, the government's MSDS sheet on octyl salicylate, has no information regarding skin cancer--that means no government study has been done, however the ingredient does cause cancer in animals.

The most disturbing health threat to Americans are food additives, or preservatives. We Americans love fast food, prepared meals like Hamburger Helper, soups, etc. However, many of these packaged and prepared meals contain awful toxins. Such as, MSG, which can cause nerve damage. Yellow #5 which can cause tumors. Potassium Bromate, which is banned everywhere in the world except the United States and Japan. The Codex Alimentarius commission approves of these additives, plus many more known dangerous additives.

Codex is bad, bad. It is an arm of the World Trade Organization and the World Health Organization, and the United States must comply with Codex by December 31, 2009. Codex approves of many dangerous chemicals not meant for human consumption, however it labels vitamins and nutrients as "toxins" that must be controlled. One stipulation of Codex, is getting rid of food labels, because Codex requires all food to be Genetically Modified. The FDA has already approved of meat and milk from cloned animals--without any labeling because agency regulators cannot require cloned products be labeled as such if -- as they assert -- there is no material difference between them and food produced by conventional methods.

Most importantly, the Food and Drug Administration is bad. The FDA restricts natural remedies, but promotes drugs like ephedra and celebrex, which were later recalled for killing people. Interestingly enough, former deputy commission Dr. Scott Gottlieb of the FDA joined CombiMatirx Corporation after leaving the FDA. CombiMatrix is in the business of drug development, genetic analysis, molecular diagnostics, nanotechnology research, defense and homeland security markets.

Another one, Dr. Kaiser J. Aziz, former FDA Director, joined ARV Excellence, which helps clients get FDA approval for their products.

One more, Former FDA Science Branch Director James Farley Joined InfoStrength as Advisor, this is a company that exclusively serves biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies with internationally recognized regulatory expertise.

No, one last one: Former FDA Director Susan Alpert Joined C.R. Bard, a medical device company.

Do you see the pattern here? Most, if not all, past FDA directors and scientists have gone on to work at pharmaceutical companies, or companies that work with the FDA to get approval. This is unethical. These folks get in these companies, tell companies what the FDA looks for in approving drugs/medical devices, and they get approved. Or worse, perhaps these folks have their friends, who are still in the FDA give instant approval to drugs. Former FDA employees should not work for pharmaceutical companies! It is not in the best interest of Americans for them to share insider knowledge of how to get approval with drug companies.

What's even more disturbing, is the possible "marriage" of several government agencies with the FDA. "The peanut recall offers a prime opportunity to merge all federal food safety oversight into one agency," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday.

This means the food oversight the Dept. of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, and Environmental Protection Agency would all become arms of the FDA.

Don't let this happen.