The American Medical Association voted this week in favor of a ban on such direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs and medical devices.
The resolution, approved by the AMA’s House of Delegates, has no immediate impact as only the Food and Drug Administration or Congress has the power to ban pharmaceutical advertising.
“Today’s vote in support of an advertising ban reflects concerns among physicians about the negative impact of commercially-driven promotions, and the role that marketing costs play in fueling escalating drug prices,” Read more…
We know for absolute certain that carbon dioxide is the stuff of life, the foundation for life on earth,” Moore said.“We are dealing with pure political propaganda that has nothing to do with science,” he continued.“The deserts are greening from rising CO2,” he added.“Co2 has provided the basis of life for at least 3.5 billion years,” Moore said.
The AquAdvantage salmon, as it is known, is an Atlantic salmon. It was developed by AquaBounty Technologies, which is now majority-owned by the Intrexon Corporation.The agency indicated that labeling would not be mandatory, a decision that is consistent with its position on foods made from genetically engineered crops, which is that genetic engineering in and of itself does not necessarily make a material change in the food.
The fish are supposed to be raised indoor to lessen the chances (emphasis added) that they will escape into the wild.
The approval could help other efforts to develop genetically modified animals. Scientists and biotechnology industry executives have complained that the long, unexplained delay in approving the salmon was a deterrent to the field. Several other attempts to develop genetically engineered animals for consumption, like a pig whose manure would be less polluting, have fallen by the wayside.
Now, however, there has been a surge of interest in developing new genetically altered farm animals and pets because new techniques, including one known as Crispr-Cas9, allow scientists to edit animal genomes rather than add genes from other species. That has made it far easier to create altered animals.
VLA Comment: Years ago, I, the founder of VLA, approached the Kosher Rabbis in Chicago about Genetically Engineered food. Questions I had…say, if a potato is genetically engineered with the gene of a chicken and sour cream was put on it…would it be Kosher? The answer was that as long as you don’t see it with the “naked eye”…it is okay. I said that I understand that the spirit of the law would indicate “innocence”. But today we have microscopes and technology that allows us to know what the condition of the food is. To no avail…the Kosher Rabbis stick to the letter of the law, not the Spirit.
Naming it Atlantic Salmon without labeling that it is GMO will have the buyers and customers confused. They will charge a lower cost than “wild” Atlantic Salmon. When the customer asks for Atlantic Salmon…will they get this one? I hope they don’t call it wild Atlantic salmon because its parent is a wild salmon.
Everything is by Divine Providence. If a leaf is turned over by a breeze, it is only because this has been specifically ordained by G‑d to serve a particular function within the purpose of creation.
Every single thing that a person sees or hears, is an instruction to him in his conduct in the service of G‑d.
Your fellow is your mirror. If your own face is clean, so will be the image you perceive. But should you look upon your fellow and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
Our Sages have said that “Slander kills all three” – the subject of the slander, the one who relates it, and the listener. This is all in spiritual terms, which is more severe than physical murder.
The wholesome simplicity of the simple Jew touches on the utterly simple essence of G‑d.
The record shows that Joel Gomez, the decedent, a 14-year old healthy boy who had regular visits to the pediatrician’s office for periodic check-ups since birth showed no evidence of any pre-existing health issues, specifically no evidence of cardiac abnormalities, psychological disorders or substance abuse. The teenager had been training for the high school football team from four to five hours a day for the two months prior to his death without incident.
On June 19, 2013, the boy was given the first dose of Gardasil® in his left arm in the doctor’s office. No adverse reactions were reported following this first vaccination by the boy to either his family or his physician. On August 19, 2013 the boy was given a second injection of Gardasil® as scheduled in the doctor’s office. Then he went home and went to sleep. The boy was found to be unresponsive in bed the following morning on August 20, 2013 at 7:00 a.m. by his family.
Dr. Lee reviewed the microscopic slides and concluded that the lesion of the heart was a healing myocardial infarct of a few weeks old after the first Gardasil® vaccination. In his opinion,
The HPV L1 gene DNA fragments bound to the aluminum adjuvant in Gardasil® can cause sudden and unexpected surge of tumor necrosis factor-α and other cytokines. Some of these cytokines released from macrophages are potent myocardial depressants, capable of causing hypotension with low cardiac perfusions in certain genetically or physically predisposed individuals. Read more….
France threatening to pull out of the TTIP places them in the cross hairs of Wall Street and Washington.
Japan was hit with Fukushima, New Zealand and Chile with earthquakes and Mexico with a hurricane. As Obama was recently heard to say, they have ways and means of getting other countries to see things their way.
France has a track record for not playing ball with the USA. De Gaulle woke up to the gold heist before any other nation did and demanded France’s gold back. The French are also not too pleased about genetically modified foods and seeds. After all, cuisine is one of their fortes. McDonald’s they barely tolerate, but to have their whole food industry controlled by Monsanto is a bridge too far.
Now they have called out the famous rallying cry against the TTIP.
“Resistance! “
And in return what do we have? A major shooting spree on the streets of Paris. Hollande closed all the borders and described the massacre as an act of war.
ISIS Roared To Power Months After Secret Meeting With John McCain (PHOTOS).ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wearing the black shirt on the far left, is seen in deep discussions with John McCain.
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wearing the black shirt on the far left, is seen in deep discussions with John McCain. Within 12 short months of these photos being taken, al-Baghdadi would explode on the scene in 2014 as the leader of monstrous terror group ISIS. John McCain does not deny the existence of these photos, obviously, as he posted one to his own Twitter account. Click image to view this photo on his own Twitter page.
