With thanks to 2008 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 26th Annual Report. Clinical Toxicology (2009). 47, 911-1084.

There was not even one death caused by a dietary supplement in 2008, according to the most recent information collected by the U.S. National Poison Data System.

The new 174 page annual report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers, published in the journal Clinical Toxicology, shows zero deaths from multiple vitamins; zero deaths from any of the B vitamins; zero deaths from vitamins A, C, D, or E; and zero deaths from any other vitamin.

Also, there are no recorded deaths from any CAM product or procedure.

The terms iatrogenesis and iatrogenic artifact refer to inadvertent adverse effects or complications caused by or resulting from medical treatment or advice.

Unfortunately, there an estimated *999,936 deaths annually from iatrogenic causes, and estimated 16.4 million Annual Unnecessary Medical Events – projected figures show that a total of 164 million people, approximately 56% of the population of the United States, have been treated unnecessarily by the medical industry,

*Wikipedia quotes from 120,000 to 225,000 deaths per year in the United States attributed in some part to iatrogenesis.

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With thanks to Scientific American 31.3.09:

Swedish children who live in homes with vinyl floors are more likely to have autism, according to a new study, but what’s behind the link is unclear.

Children who live in homes with vinyl floors, which can emit chemicals called phthalates, are more likely to have autism, according to research by Swedish and U.S. scientists published Monday.

The study of Swedish children is among the first to find an apparent connection between an environmental chemical and autism. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mercola.com:

Two hundred Harvard Medical School students are confronting the school’s administration, demanding an end to pharmaceutical industry influence in the classroom.

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With thanks to Mercola.com:

Mercola says: This move to get BPA out of food and beverage containers is a very positive step, one that could make your food a lot less toxic. It’s about time Congress got around to it — BPA has already been detected in the urine of 95 percent of people tested, probably because it’s used so pervasively in everything from canned goods to plastic water bottles. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mercola.com:

Mercola writes: I’ve been exposing the conflicts of interest and deceit surrounding drug research since I started this Web site more than a decade ago.

In that time I’ve learned quite a bit of disturbing information about how far drug companies and their researchers are willing to bend the rules to get the results they’re after. But this example by Dr. Scott Reuben really takes the cake. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to The Wall Street Journal and Mercola.com:

One of the little-noticed reasons that Wyeth was attractive enough to command a $68 billion price for rival Pfizer Inc.’s planned takeover sits in a building catty-corner from the White House across Pennsylvania Avenue. That is where a special “vaccines court” hears cases brought by parents who claim their children have been harmed by routine vaccinations. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to Mercola.com:

If you take more than a casual look at the way the mass vaccination system in the U.S. works, you see that pharmaceutical companies marketing vaccines have a lot of clout.

It was the pharmaceutical industry that told Congress in 1982 that they were going to leave the nation without vaccines if they didn’t get liability protection but have opposed making it less difficult for vaccine victims to obtain federal compensation in the U.S. Court of Claims under a 1986 law that gave them liability protection. Read the rest of this entry »

With thanks to NaturalNews 10.2.09:

The Associated Press (AP) estimates that hospitals and long-term medical care institutions across the United States are dumping 250 million pounds of pharmacologically active drugs directly into public sewer systems each year. Read the rest of this entry »

Pharmageddon: the prescription pill epidemic

Our increasing reliance on pills has resulted in a 27 per cent rise in prescriptions written by doctors in just five years. It’s costing the NHS £10bn a year, £200m of which is wasted on drugs that are never used. Read the rest of this entry »

Glaxo Smith Klein have just published the results of their analysis of the risk of suicide, especially amongst the young, whilst taking seroxat. Read the rest of this entry »