Covid, 7-21-22

First, a link to a link to a news release from the office of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, describing proposed legislation called the Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022. Then, via, Global Research, a link to commentary by a physician who opposes it. Next, a link to a  conversation on YouTube between leaders of two groups that oppose the legislation. Finally, links to commentary on it on behalf of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, WholeFoods Magazine, and the Natural Products Association. NOTE: Government’s approach to fighting Covid-19, highly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, has belittled or prohibited alternative approaches, not limited to the uses of the medicines hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. — MCM

   

Durbin, Braun Introduce Legislation to Improve Safety and Ensure Transparency of Dietary Supplement Industry. News release. Describing a measure cosponsored by Senators Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and Mike Braun, R-Indiana, it begins by asserting, “Nine out of ten American adults support listing requirements for dietary supplements.” READ MORE . . .

   

Big Pharma Wants to Put an End to Vitamins and Supplements, by Dr. Joseph Mercola | Global Research / Mercola One of the latest attempts to thwart your ability to access nutritional supplements comes in the form of draft legislation that would require premarket approval for dietary supplements. In short, it would require supplements — which are food — to undergo the same approval process as drugs. In the past, the drug industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration  . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Big Pharma Versus Your Vitamins. Alexis Baden-Mayer of the Organic Consumers Association interviews Gretchen DuBeau of the Alliance for Natural Health USA. Click HERE to listen and watch YouTube video.

   

Durbin-Braun supplement bill stops far short of real reform, by Peter Lurie, MD, MPH | Center for Science in the Public Interest Legislation introduced today by Senator Richard Durbin and Senator Mike Braun will help the Food and Drug Administration better understand the dietary supplement marketplace by creating a listing database of all marketed supplements. However, . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Dietary Supplement Listing Act of 2022 Introduced; Industry Divided, by Maggie Jaqua | WholeFoods Magazine Is Mandatory Product Listing “an important component of modernizing DSHEA” (the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) or is the legislation “misguided and dangerous”? …industry groups weigh in, and NPA [the Natural Products Association] calls for action. READ MORE . . .

   

Controversial Durbin-Braun Proposal for Dietary Supplements Makes Its Way into PDUFA. A Natural Products Association news release. WASHINGTON — The controversial and divisive Durbin-Braun premarket approval concept . . . would be damaging to the industry. . . “The radical and dangerous legislation from Senators Durbin and Braun . . . would require premarket approval for dietary supplements and weaken key privacy protections of the Bioterrorism Act, which protects the dietary supplement supply chain,” said Daniel Fabricant, Ph.D. president and CEO of the Natural Products Association. “Last time I checked . . . READ MORE . . .