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NC CHF Legislative Report - February 2009

The North Carolina General Assembly convened January 28, 2009 to open the 2009-2010 session.
Since North Carolina has no session limits, it is expected to be later this year, perhaps late summer, when the 2008 “long session” adjourns. The deadline for filing public bills this year is March 26.
Citizens for Healthcare Freedom is working to file [...]

February 5, 2009   Posted in: General News & Information  One Comment

NC General Assembly Adjourns

To: Members and Friends of NC Citizens for Healthcare Freedom (NCCHF)
From: Mike Causey, Lobbyist   (336) 210-1947
Date: July 22, 2008
Re: NC General Assembly Adjourns

RALEIGH, N.C. - After 10 weeks in session, the North Carolina General Assembly has ended its 2008 legislative “short” session.
The General Assembly adjourned last Friday at 4:48 p.m., after lawmakers [...]

July 24, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  Comments Closed

Rebuttal on Latest Attack on Dietary Supplements

By now, you have probably read the headlines such as “Vitamins May Shorten Users’ Lives,” “Vitamins may increase risk of death,” or “Vitamins A, C and E are ‘a waste of time and may even shorten your life.”
 
These biased articles are based on the latest Cochrane review which more or less copies the JAMA paper [...]

April 20, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

More on Calif Prop 65

PRESS RELEASE
California Targeting Safe Supplements
Don’t Let Them Succeed
ACT NOW
March 24, 2008
 
CALIFORNIA‘S PROPOSITION 65 AFFECTS EVERYONE
California - ever known for its luscious beauty, endless energy, and general wackiness - is on the verge of stepping off the edge of the cliff yet again.  A trial balloon is being floated by California’s Office of Environmental Health [...]

April 20, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

California Prop 65

The State of California plans to regulate supplements in a way that seems opposed to the intent of the DSHEA legislation passed about 12 years ago.  On the surface, the proposals would seem to protect California consumers, however it will likely be used to apply more restrictive legislation to supplements than are currently applied to [...]

April 20, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

Join Our Email List and Stay Informed!

We have implemented a new system to collect and maintain a database of emails of folks just like YOU that want to stay informed about the North Carolina Citizens for Healthcare Freedom! You can click HERE to join our email list, and if we already have your email address, you will receive notice of [...]

February 28, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

How to Use “GoodSearch” to Help NC-CHF!

We have a special arrangement with a company called “GoodSearch” that will pay NC CHF a penny every time you use their service to search the World Wide Web. Their search engine uses the Yahoo! Search engine to do the actual searching, so the results of your searches will be as valuable as usual [...]

February 7, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

Children’s Dietary Lifestyles Are Our Responsibility!

By: Sally Nay, PhD, Holistic Nutrition
Is it possible for the young parent of today to understand the transformation that has taken place in this country and the world in the last fifty years regarding child nutrition? American children from birth to twelve are not receiving adequate nutrition for optimal growth in the aspects of [...]

February 4, 2008   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

Cancer and Vitamin C

Many years ago, Dr. Linus Pauling pioneered what he called “Orthomolecular” treatment via large doses (mega-doses) of Vitamin C for cancer with promising results… now, some research shows that this approach may have merit, and why.
A New Understanding of The Effect Of Vitamin C on Cancer Cells
“More than thirty years ago Linus Pauling and coworkers [...]

November 8, 2007   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments

Our Purpose and Goals for CHF!

As President of CHF, it is my commitment to the members of this organization and the people of NC that I’ll do everything in my power to ensure we pass the necessary legislation to have access and freedom to choose complementary and alternative healthcare products and services.
Organic foods, vitamins, homeopathy, herbal supplements, etc. are abundantly [...]

October 11, 2007   Posted in: General News & Information  No Comments