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Originally Posted by flat5
The US gov. wants to outlaw/control ALL holistic medicine.
FDA wants to control natural foods, vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements, natural therapy massage oil treatments, etc., etc.. you name it!
You US citizens have till April 30 to protest this.
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Actually, I think passing legislation extending the control of the FDA would be a good thing. We have had a lot of incidents in the United States in the last five years where herbal supplements have caused permanent damage and even death because of improper usage and lack of oversight. Lots of fraud has been committed because of the lack of regulations regarding herbal supplements, natural foods, and vitamins.
As for homeopathic medicine, the FDA has been overseeing true homeopathic remedies for almost 20 years now. It has to be proven safe, not effective, and I could see similar allowances being made for vitamins and herbal supplements.