Action Alerts
Here, you will find all of the latest Citizens for Health Action Alerts. Learn about the issues, then do the right thing - take action. We need your support now!
Tell Yoplait to "Put a Lid on rBGH"!
Minneapolis, MN, October, 2008 - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and you've seen the ads by now. Yoplait has undertaken a campaign called Save Lids to Save Lives in which consumers are encouraged to look for the cups of Yoplait yogurt with pink foil lids. The company will donate 10 cents to the fight against breast cancer for every cup of yogurt with these special lids that consumers purchase.
Yoplait touts its yogurt as being healthy for women, but what's inside is anything but. read more
TAKE ACTION: Oppose FDA's Restriction on BHRT
Washington, DC - In January, the FDA decided to restrict women's access to estriol and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Take action and preserve your right to make your own health decisions.
Washington, DC - An attack is under way against a woman's right to know as well as her access to bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), and the information women need to make their own health decisions is in jeopardy. read more
TAKE ACTION: GSK Threatens Access to Weight Loss Supplements
Washington, DC - GlaxoSmithKline, the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has threatened your access to supplements by petitioning the FDA to classify weight loss claims for dietary supplements as ‘disease claims’.
Washington, DC - On April 17th, 2008, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) submitted a Citizen Petition (yes, we know, GSK is not a citizen) calling for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reclassify all weight loss support claims for dietary supplements as disease claims. read more
TAKE ACTION MISSOURI RESIDENTS: Missouri Consumers' Right to Know Under Attack
UPDATE, May 19, 2008: As of Friday the 16th at 6PM, the 2008 Missouri Legislative Session ended, and no rBGH labeling bills passed! Not only did the bills fail to pass on their own, but citizen pressure kept them from being added to other bills as amendments.
Jefferson City, MO, May 13, 2008 - Missouri residents' right to know what they put into their bodies is under attack - but there is still time to stop it. read more
TAKE ACTION CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: Stop the Residential Spraying of Pesticides in California
Northern California, April, 2008 - The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) plans to resume “emergency” aerial pesticide spraying of two synthetic pheromones, called Checkmate OLR-F and Checkmate LBAM-F, over the Central California Coast and the San Francisco Bay Area. The program began in 2007 in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties using a pheromone-based pesticide dispersed from low-flying planes in microscopic plastic capsules. The spraying could go on for months and years— possibly through mid-2010. read more
Empower - With Flowers!
Show your loved ones you care, and support the issues that matter to you!
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What better way to say "I love you" than to send family and friends a beautiful gift and support their access to vitamins, supplements, and the health care providers they choose.
Order flowers today, and help protect our freedom tomorrow! Click here to place your order now...
CFH on the Radio
Listen Now!
Click on the microphone above to hear Executive Director Frank Herd, Jr on Air America Radio's The Thom Hartmann Show, discussing access to supplements and the potential dangers of the recent FDA CAM Guidance (the audio clip may take a few moments to load - be patient...).
