Codex Alimentaris geeft Big Pharma nog meer macht
De arm van Big Pharma (farmaceutische industrie) is lang, heel lang. Ze financierden de anti-rokenbeweging vanaf het begin van de negentiger jaren. Ze hebben nu geld opzij gezet om met een half tot één miljard dollar vet en alcohol te ‘bestrijden’. Ze hebben grote invloed in wereldorganisaties als de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) en bij de Amerikaanse overheid waar ze een van de grootste sponsors zijn van presidentskandidaten en politieke partijen.
Maar het wordt nog erger nu ze, via de EU, de zogenaamde Codex Alimentaris aangenomen hebben gekregen. In de praktijk betekent deze door de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) wereldwijd opgelegde regeling dat allerhande vitaminepreparaten, homeopathische middelen, kruiden, mineralen en aanverwante middelen alleen nog maar via de erkende farmaceuten geproduceeerd en verkocht mogen worden. Alle concurrentie buiten dit selecte groepje wordt zo, vanaf 1 juni, akuut buiten spel gezet. De prijs van bijvoorbeeld zinktabletten stijgt hierdoor van zo’n €4 tot €52 en van Echinacea van €14 naar €153…. Kassa!
Working stealthily BIG PHARMA has rapidly pushed their legislative program (Codex Alimentaris) in Europe that will eliminate the free choice Americans now have to purchase vitamins, herbs, minerals, homeopathic remedies, aminoacids and nutritional supplements. This elimination of all competition for the pharmaceutical industry will produce an enormous increase in the already exorbitant profits earned by the pharmaceutical firms. Of even greater significance the lack of free choice to stay well by taking effective nutritional substances will promptly be followed by a sharp increase in illnesses that will only be treated in the future with pharmaceutical drugs.
The new Codex Alimentaris adopted in a secret meeting in Europe in November 2004 is scheduled to take effect in June 2005. Because the United States belongs to the World Trade Organization WTO any changes approved in Europe automatically become law in the United States superceding our own laws (we are no longer a sovereign nation). Failure to comply with these changes institutes lawsuits which can not be won as they are settled in international courts which care nothing about U.S. laws. Incidentally, Europe has been very leery of genetically modified foods because of serious concerns about their safety. By this same WTO mechanism Europe will be forced to accept importation of U.S. GMO foods even if they know they are bad for health.
The features of Codex Alimentaris are:
- No supplements can be sold for preventative or therapeutic use.
- Any potency higher than RDA levels (pathetically low) is a drug that requires a prescription and must be produced by drug companies.
- Codex regulations are binding internationally
- New supplements are banned unless given Codex testing and approval (certain to expensive and lacking in scientific merit). Norway and Germany are already operating under the new Codex regulations. The price of zinc tablets has gone from $4 to $52. Echinacea has risen from $14 to $153.
- Codex regulations are not based on science or research findings. These regulations were developed by 11 appointed persons. Guess who appointed them?
Wie kan de farmaceuten nog stoppen? En hoe corrupt is de wereldpolitiek en Europa?