European Union Citizens Who Want to Use Natural Health Products are in the Last Chance Saloon - Please Read

'European Union (EU) citizens who aspire to manage their health using natural means have now entered crunch time. Over the nearly 10 years of ANH’s existence, this is the time we’ve been most concerned about: when European laws that grossly limit what companies can say or write about the beneficial effects of their products, even when they are supported by abundant science, are juxtaposed with EU rules that limit ingredients and dosages. We have now properly entered this zone of regulatory convergence — all of it working against the interest of the natural health-conscious citizen.' 


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EU Fascists Ban Claim That Water Can Prevent Dehydration

'EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact. Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from making the claim and will face a two-year jail sentence if they defy the edict, which comes into force in the UK next month. Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense.

Conservative MEP Roger Helmer said: “This is stupidity writ large. “The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water and trying to deny us the right to say what is patently true. “If ever there were an episode which demonstrates the folly of the great European project then this is it.”' 

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Some English Practitioners Approved to Prescribe Medicinal Herbs

'England has decided to allow herbalists and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioners to continue prescribing medicinal herbs after 30 April 2011, when the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) goes into full effect. That's nice—but herbal shops like the one pictured here will still become extinct.'


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