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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS UK to fall into line with other European countries where vitamins and minerals are classed as pharmaceutical products if they contain as little as one- and-a-half times the recommended daily intake. Once these substances are not allowed to be classified as food supple- ments, then as things stand they would have to go under medicines law instead. The Medicines Act requires laboratory and animal testing, which would cause a massive increase in the cost of the substance to consumers, a move in itself that would bankrupt many businesses in this field. (Source: Sunday Telegraph /UK], 9 August 1992). pregnancy — and 191 had miscar- Tiages. The study concludes that pregnant women who work with VDTs with strong magnetic fields are 3 1/2 times more likely to have miscarriages than those working with VDTs with low magnetic fields. The research, reported at an interna- tional scientific conference last September in Berlin, also asserted that women exposed to medium levels of extremely low frequency magnetic fields had nearly twice as many miscar- riages as those exposed to lower levels. The Finns were the first to do the obvious: They measured the magnetic fields of 23 different computer models, the women’s exposure and the out- As the Cold War ended, the CIA decided it needed to project "a greater openness and sense of public responsi- bility". So it commissioned a task force. On 20 December 1991, the com- mittee submitted a 15-page "Task Force Report on Greater Openness”. It is stamped "SECRET", and agency Officials refuse to disclose any of the contents. (Source: It's A Conspiracy! See book reviews this issue.) TAX PAYERS MONEY BEING USED TO PROMOTE GPs The Federal Government is spending $2.5 million on a two-week advertising campaign to encourage us to visit our local general practitioner (GP). The campaign will include two weeks of television advertising. In light of the growing dissatisfaction with the medical system, and the rising number of people seeking alternative health care treatments, I would say the government is going to need to spend far more money than this to restore the ailing confidence in this industry. According to sources in the natural health movement, approximately one in four people have visited a natural health care practitioner, and this num- ber is tipped to continue rising. (Source: Sunshine Coast Daily, 20/1/93) NEW STUDY LINKS COMPUTER VDTs WITH MISCARRIAGES come. Dr. Marija-Liisa Lindbohm, primary researcher on the Finnish study, con- cludes that “pregnant women should not work at VDT terminals with high magnetic fields". She points out that newer computers have lower — and safer — levels of electromagnetic radi- ation. (Source: Taken from peg:gen.techeffects, via the Pegasus Computer Network.) A new study of 585 pregnant women employed in banking and clerical posi- tions in Finland is the first to find an increased risk of miscarriages for women who work at VDTs that emit strong magnetic fields. The women were employed for at least three months during the first trimester of WE'VE HEARD You_ SIGHTED ELVIS LAST NIGHT EUROPEAN TREATY TO ELIMINATE HEALTH FOODS? Britain's booming health food indus- try is under threat from European Commission plans to classify all but the smallest doses of vitamins and min- erals as drugs, rather than food prod- ucts. The Commission also plans to move against sales of herbal teas, royal jelly and slimming aids. The move, which could see the removal of most brand name vitamins from the shelves of health food stores and chemists, will seriously threaten the livelihoods of thousands of people in the £200 million-per-year health food industry. ‘Harmonisation’ would require the NEXUS¢7 CIA OPENNESS? FEBRUARY-MARCH '93