NO DEATHS FROM VITAMINS:
Poison Control Statistics Prove Supplements' Safety
(OMNS Feb 23, 2007) There was not even one death caused by
vitamins in
2005, according to the most recent statistics available from
the US
National Poisoning and Exposure Database. The 129-page annual
report
of the American Association of Poison Control Centers published
in the
journal Clinical Toxicology (1) shows zero deaths from multiple
vitamins; zero deaths from any of the B vitamins; zero deaths
from
vitamins A, C, D, or E; and zero deaths from any other vitamin.
Over half of the U.S. population takes daily vitamin supplements.
Even
if each of those people took only one single tablet per day,
that
makes 145,000,000 individual doses per day, for a total of
over 53
billion doses annually. Since many persons take additional
vitamins,
the numbers are considerably higher, and the safety of vitamins
all
the more remarkable... link coming
Judgment won today in the Alberta courts
against Health Canada 28 July 2006
This is a major victory in Canada for the use of nutritional products.
The trial was won on the basis of a necessity defense and due diligence.
Read PDF article
Read an article about the judgment from the CBC National News site. Read
PDF article
Taken from Checkpoint on 20 Oct 2006
New Zealand First is languishing in the polls and wants more support
from young people. Winston explains some of the good things that
NZ First has achieved which includes ;
”For those people that believe in Natural Medicines,
they (NZ First) have stopped the Therapeutic Bill
that would have included all Natural Medicines being run by a Trans
Tasman Agency. That's Stopped”!!
Full Version - From Checkpoint on 20 Oct 06, click
on Focus on Politics.
If you have Windows Media Player you should be able to listen to
the audio.
Slide the time bar along to 9-40 mins finishes at
9-55 mins.
Errors Cost 30pc of Health Budget 06 July 2006
By KAMALA HAYMAN
Injuries and illness suffered when healthcare goes wrong is "a
critical issue", swallowing 30c of every $1 spent on health,
says a parliamentary select committee. Read
article
