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the scandalous false information put out by Pharmaceutical and Medical companies.
Copy of a letter sent to our member of Parliament and ignored by others:
Previous Copies to:
Department of Health
PO Box 100
Woden ACT 2606 Australia.
Minister of Health
Shadow Minister of Health
Office of Fair Trading
ACCC
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Dear Meryl Swanson,
I have written many times to you, and to the following -
The Therapeutic Goods Administration, The Fair-Trading Office, the TV Free advertising section and the ACCC about the disgraceful lies and semi-truths told to vulnerable people on Television and elsewhere by the advertisers of Medical and Pharmacological products. The products are frequently advertised by celebrities who know nothing at all about the product or the condition they are supposed to cure. People clutching at straws for help for a chronic condition often spend their hard-earned money on these useless, and frequently inadequately tested, products hoping to relieve their suffering but only succeeding in depleting their often-low finances.
As you can see from the list below, Chemists are not only supplying supplements that are not needed on a reasonable Australian diet but in deceptive, grossly excessive, money-grabbing amounts.
A LIST OF THE BODY’S DAILY REQUIREMENT OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS
Body’s Requirement/ Amounts sold by Chemists
vitamin B1 1.2 mg, 250 mg
vitamin B2 1.3 mg, 100 mg
vitamin B3, 16 mg 500 mg
vitamin B12 2.4 mcg 1000mcg
biotin 30 mcg 300 mcg
vitamin C 90 mg 1000 mg
vitamin D 15 mcg 600 mg
vitamin E 15 mg 180 mg
folic acid 400 m 500 mcg
vitamin K 120 mcg 100-180 mcg
CALCIUM 1200mg 1,000 mg,
FLUORIDE 4mg
IODINE 0.150 mg 225 mcg
IRON 8 mg 18 mg
MAGNESIUM 420 mg 200 g
MANGANESE: 2.3 mg 50 mg
PHOSPHORUS: 700 mg
POTASSIUM: 600 mg 1600 to 2,000 mg
SODIUM: 1500 mg 2,300 mg
ZINC 11 mg 25 mg
Korean Ginseng 500 mg
Gingko Biloba 2000 mg
As is obvious the avaricious and unprincipled chemists foist sickeningly large amounts of unnecessary products on to the public who do not have the medical knowledge to know that they are being cheated and robbed. Who do you think generally has less money and gets sicker - why us, of course!
