Breaking International News:

Codex Commission Executive Committee Endorses Restrictive Vitamin-Mineral Guidelines: While citizens in the US celebrated their July 4th, National Holiday for Freedom, the entire world experienced a set back in Freedom of Choice. If you are not aware of the whole CODEX situation in Europe (soon to afffect the U.S.) you may want to check out these links. The documentary is most informative.

JULY 4 "Codex Commission Adopts Supplement Guideline"
by James S. Turner, Esq., Board Chair, Citizens for Health

Rome July 4 2005: The Codex Alementarius Commission, consisting of 85 of 171 country members (one short of a quorum) assembled in Rome today adopted without objection the restrictive Vitamins and Minerals Guidelines recommended by its Nutrition and Food for Special Dietary Foods Committee. While expected the action disappointed American dietary supplement consumer group representatives and observers resent. Attorney Scott Tips of the National Health Federation made a last minute plea to return, for technical and substantive reasons, the guideline to its authoring committee. His plea fell on deaf ears. No country objected to adoption of the guideline.

July 5 “The Struggle Begins”

by James S. Turner, Esq., Board Chair, Citizens for Health

Rome, July 4, 2005: “The struggle has just begun.” With these words, one dietary supplement activist expressed the outrage and resolve that dietary supplement activists present at the Codex Commission meeting feel about the Commission’s limiting of the international dietary supplement market to supplement products restricted by safety factors as if they were toxic chemicals.

Read more at the Citizens for Health: http://www.citizens.org//priorities/codex/romeupdate.cfm

Well T.V. : TV Programs Devoted To Natural and Alternative Medicines: http://www.welltv.com/

Herb Allure: A direct link to the 1/2 hour informative documentary. http://herballure.com/Special/WeBecomeSilent/QuickTime.html

Health Freedom Action Network: This site offers an array of links and political action steps you can participate in about this urgent issue:
http://okhealthfreedom.homestead.com/Index1.html and http://www.nationalhealthfreedom.org/

Archives about Codex on Mercola's Site: http://www.google.com/custom?cof=AH%3Acenter%3BAWFID%3A5cdb2968a482194d%3B&domains=www.mercola.com&sitesearch=www.mercola.com&q=codex