Public Health Controversies

Most of us are not particularly well informed about critical public health issues that affect our health and safety.  Some controversies are not well reported in the media, especially if the subject is critical of their major advertising clients.  Unfortunately, the viewpoints in this section are even less often heard in the major media or through industry spokespersons.

For example, do you consider vaccinations to be proven, helpful measures to protect an immune system?  Definitely, ... sometimes.  Inform yourself through these articles and references, because the stakes are high, and the downside for your loved ones is certainly low.

Has aspartame been tested (sold under the brand names Nutrasweet™ and Equal™) enough to convince you of its safety?  Many people are outraged at government agencies and officials that have permitted industry to put this nerve poison into so much of our food.

Should mercury fillings be put into your teeth by an intelligent and responsible medical professional?  Widespread public concern about dental mercury poisoning has finally been heard by the lawmakers of Maine.  Would your dentist be interested?  And do either of you know how to rid your body of toxic levels of mercury once it has leached out of existing fillings?

The United Nations has been considering a broad-reaching act called the Codex Alimentarius, or Food Code.  Through treaty and world trade obligations, this act would directly impact the U.S. food and vitamin supplement industry if passed.  Read about this effort to restrict your choices to the nutritional items and their dosages that are most useful to the pharmaceutical cartels (read least competitive with their drugs).

Recent research published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that medical error is now the third-leading cause of death in the United States, following heart disease and cancer.  Read these shocking statistics, news of which has not been picked up by any major media to the best of our knowledge.

Are the wonderful advancements in biotechnology and telecommunications the long-hoped-for answers to our health and comfort?  From the shadowy underworld of Orwellian mind control, the practical reality of implanted microchips has been used by governments for many decades.  They are getting too good with these for any of our comforts.  A renowned national physician of Finland presents more than you might have wanted to imagine with her story on the current uses of this psychological "stealth" technology.

Relief agencies responding to natural disasters throughout the world are encouraged to use our infant formula recipes and to consult with Dr. Thomas S. Lee, NMD about how to adapt them for children's nutritional issues in particular regional situations.

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