To the Editor:
Who are you trying to kid? In 1994 the US Congress received more mail than
they've ever received on ANY issue in the HISTORY of Congress during the
Campaign to pass the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994-
(even more mail than they received over the Vietnam War). This legislation
was passed in the direct face of an FDA rulemaking effort known as the
"Dykstra Report" in the aftermath of passage of the Nutrition Labeling and
Education Act because the FDA was attempting to do the equivalent of
swatting flies with a baseball bat and vitamin consumers voted with their
feet. Honest statistics prove that dietary supplements are far safer than
foods in common form. What's next? Bans and massive warning labels on
PEANUTS just because some tiny percentage of people have extreme allergic
reactions and can go into anaphalactic shock from eating them? Get REAL!
The FDA has limited resources, and they must use them in a way that TRULY
protects consumers- by doing FAR more safety testing on pharmaceutical DRUGS,
which in marked CONTRAST to dietary supplements really ARE dangerous.
To put things in perspective, read this article DEATH BY MEDICINE at: http://www.garynull.com/Article.aspx?Article=/documents/ and see this table
which illustrates the comparative risk of ingesting a dietary supplement compared
with other risk factors in our environment such as injury from pharmaceutical
drugs, injury from food in common form, being hit by lightening, being stung by
a bee, or walking across the street - http://www.laleva.cc/petizione/english/ronlaw_eng.html
plements are far safer than foods in common form. What's next? Bans and
massive warning labels on PEANUTS just because some tiny percentage of
people have extreme allergic reactions and can go into anaphalactic shock
from eating them? Get REAL! The FDA has limited resources, and they must
use them in a way that TRULY protects consumers- by doing FAR more.

This article of yours is obviously one small part of a well orchestrated
campaign that is about to be unleashed on the American people by
pharmaceutical interests who have a "business with disease" and are intent
on attempting to repeal DSHEA. Any such bills are DOA- Dead on Arrival.

John C. Hammell, President
International Advocates for Health Freedom
556 Boundary Bay Rd.
Point Roberts, WA 98281 USA
http://www.iahf.com
800-333-2553 N.America
360-945-0352 World

http://www.usatoday.com/marketing/feedback/feedback-online.aspx?type=18
is the link to send your OWN letter to the Editor of USA Today, and we must
BURY THEM with email....

For Health Freedom,
John C. Hammell, President
International Advocates for Health Freedom
556 Boundary Bay Road
Point Roberts, WA 98281-8702 USA
http://www.iahf.com
jham@iahf.com
800-333-2553 N.America
360-945-0352 World