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Whistleblowers wanted: Truth Publishing seeks insiders to speak out about drug companies, health insurance and conventional medicine Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Conventional medicine is about to have an Enron moment, and whistleblowers have a rare opportunity right now to help expose the fraud of drug companies, the FDA and the entire disease mongering system known as conventional medicine. Whistleblowers are unique individuals. No one is born a hero; they become a hero by making a decision to take a stand against a grave injustice, even when doing so is unpopular.

Can you post this article somewhere and help spread the word that we're looking for whistleblowers? Do you have information right now that you're afraid to share because of the potential backlash? Contact us anyway, and let us explain how we'll protect your identity better than the New York Times. You don't have to tell us anything until you're 100% assured of your own anonymity and security. Can you lend us a hand on researching some of these questions? Some answers might already be part of the public record.

Interview: Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummins tells the truth about organic milk that isn't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Then beyond that, workers on these farms started coming forth as whistleblowers. There was a story in the Chicago Tribune about one of these whistleblowers who pointed out that these cows are not put out to pasture. The only time they are put out to pasture is when there is a media organization or an important person coming out. Yes, it is first-hand information. It is a look at the terrain that these factory-style dairy feedlots are set on.

Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummings discusses corporate greed and organic milk Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Then beyond that, workers on these farms started coming forth as whistleblowers. There was a story in the Chicago Tribune about one of these whistleblowers who pointed out that these cows are not put out to pasture. The only time they are put out to pasture is when there is a media organization or an important person coming out. Yes, it is firsthand information. It is a look at the terrain that these factory-style dairy feedlots are set on.

Interview: Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummins tells the truth about organic milk that isn't Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There was a story in the Chicago Tribune about one of these whistleblowers who pointed out that these cows are not put out to pasture. The only time they are put out to pasture is when there is a media organization or an important person coming out. Yes, it is first-hand information. It is a look at the terrain that these factory-style dairy feedlots are set on.

FDA drug safety bill passes in the U.S. Senate; health freedom advocates outraged at betrayal of American consumers Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

David Graham and other FDA scientists who have gone to Congress as whistleblowers to save American lives, it was an "acid-test" vote on who is truly on Big Pharma's payroll. Click here to see how your senators voted. The other key vote came on the Durbin amendment #1034. This amendment sought to prevent Big Pharma from placing "experts" on FDA Advisory Committees -- which make the final decisions on the safety of drugs.

The FDA still refuses to protect the people Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

REPPED: Despite lawsuits, whistleblowers and government investigations, the FDA continues to ignore its mission of protecting consumers against dangerous food and medicine products. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, recently criticized the Food and Drug Administration for failing to adequately monitor the safety of drugs after they are approved for the market, saying: "We get press releases listing accomplishments rather than a meaningful revamping of the way things work inside the FDA.

The truth about Enron that most Americans don't want to hear Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

They went along with the whole scam when they could have been the whistleblowers that brought down the house of cards before more people were harmed. (To their great credit, there were a few whistleblowers at Enron, but they were the exception, not the rule.) I'm not suggesting that all Enron employees knew what was up, but a whole lot of them did. And that weekly paycheck dissuaded most from asking too many questions. So, you see, it wasn't merely Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling who are to blame here. Nor the sixteen other top executives and traders who pleaded guilty.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

These lawsuits highlight the issue, educate the people, spill more information out into the public domain, encourage whistleblowers, produce depositions, and provide a good alert function, regardless of whether or not they succeed," Nader proclaimed in a phone interview with me. Nutritionist Dr. Nestle agrees. "It doesn't matter if lawsuits win, lose, or draw," she says. "They've already had a huge effect in making food companies examine their food products. All big companies are carefully looking at their product mixes and their marketing practices to children.

Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods Jeffrey M. Smith See book keywords and concepts

Three of the whistleblowers, who also spoke out on such controversial topics as mad cow disease, were ultimately fired on July 14,2004.224 Canadian GM food approvals are assumption-based According to crop physiologist E. Ann Clark, "People who assume that there is actual testing, and more specifically, actual testing involving actual grain from transgenic crops, will be amazed to learn that risk assessment of GM crops is largely heuristic or assumptions-based, as is disturbingly clear from the summary statements that accompany Health Canada's assessment of GM submissions.

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

Civil society groups like Transparency International Kenya, the Operation Firimbi ("Whistleblowers") Network, and We Can Do It have begun to focus on addressing corruption at a local level, with the goal of increasing grassroots awareness about the pernicious nature of corruption. The groups have also begun to "rebrand" the fight against corruption by emphasizing the tangible impact corruption has on Kenyans' daily lives. This may seem like a no-brainer—of course corruption has a negative impact on citizens, how can anyone not see that?

Psychiatry and disease mongering: Road Rage Disorder is latest spontaneously "discovered" disease Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

The answer is, well, just about zero, except for the whistleblowers in the Critical Psychiatric Network and other reform-oriented medical groups. And so the majority of psychiatrists themselves can't even attain clear-headed thinking because they're influenced by drug company money and distorted by their own substance abuse habits. The few who have managed clear thinking on this issue are now increasingly speaking out against their own industry!

The truth about Enron that most Americans don't want to hear Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

To their great credit, there were a few whistleblowers at Enron, but they were the exception, not the rule.) I'm not suggesting that all Enron employees knew what was up, but a whole lot of them did. And that weekly paycheck dissuaded most from asking too many questions. So, you see, it wasn't merely Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling who are to blame here. Nor the sixteen other top executives and traders who pleaded guilty. Yes, those at the top of Enron certainly deserve what they have coming, but the whole grand system of American greed is really the culprit here.

The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman Peter Rost See book keywords and concepts

For obvious reasons, companies that have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and penalties may not be as enamored of whistleblowers as Senator Grassley. Lobbyists are actively working on weakening the laws that keep corporate crooks at bay. So let's look at the facts. Let's find out how corrupt the drug industry really is. There is only one way to measure this and that is to review their public record: During the last five years more than half of the large drug companies have paid criminal and civil fines, amounting to billions of dollars.

Mandatory AIDS testing proposal is public health lunacy Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Duesberg is the professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and is one of the most outspoken whistleblowers on myths about AIDS. There's also a great book on Amazon called, What if everything you thought you knew about AIDS was wrong?" that goes into more detail. I've personally talked to several people who were diagnosed with AIDS and then later found out that they didn't really have AIDS at all.

Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies Greg Critser See book keywords and concepts

In other states, pharma was under siege by a new generation of corporate whistleblowers and U.S. attorneys. The most spectacular was a case initiated by David Franklin, the medical affairs detailer who had first detected something unethical in Tony Wild and Parke-Davis's off-label marketing of the epilepsy drug Neurontin in the mid-1990s ("Neurontin for pain . . . Neurontin for everything"!). In 2002, Franklin had joined with the U.S.

Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About Kevin Trudeau See book keywords and concepts

Whistleblowers now say that both the FDA and the drug manufacturer of Vioxx knew that this drug would cause over 100,000 people to die. whistleblowers say that the decision was made to let the people die because of the potential huge profits that could be made. In my opinion, this happens all the time. Over-the-counter drugs are some of the biggest culprits. Many of these drugs were approved by the FDA twenty, thirty, forty years ago. The FDA virtually approved everything back then.

The drug company that sold Vioxx made billions in profits. whistleblowers now say that both the FDA and the drug manufacturer of Vioxx knew that this drug would cause over 100,000 people to die. whistleblowers say that the decision was made to let the people die because of the potential huge profits that could be made. In my opinion, this happens all the time. Over-the-counter drugs are some of the biggest culprits. Many of these drugs were approved by the FDA twenty, thirty, forty years ago. The FDA virtually approved everything back then.

More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease Kevin Trudeau See book keywords and concepts

It is absolutely true, factual and documented that there are hundreds of whistleblowers who have simply vanished over the years. It is absolutely true and documented that there are hundreds of biochemists, scientists, and researchers who were talking about breakthroughs in medicine that could cure and eliminate disease with inexpensive natural remedies that have simply vanished or mysteriously died.

These whistleblowers are telling the truth and are being repeatedly attacked, suppressed, and debunked. Even members of the FDA itself have come forward in congressional hearings stating that information is being falsified and doctored, and the truth about the drugs is not being revealed. Scientists and researchers from the drug industry itself are coming forward and blowing the whistle.

What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

What message does this case send to other whistleblowers? Don't dare go forward with a claim to fight your retaliation because you too could be on the hook for the other side's expenses if your victory is overturned on appeal. Consumers have an absolute "right to know" what they are serving their families and to whatever extent the case showed the true colors of Monsanto and the "fair and balanced" Fox Network, then justice has been done. Not in the courtroom, but certainly in the courtroom of public opinion. References 1. New World Communications of Tampa, Inc., 866 So. 2d 1231. 2. Id.

Actually theirs was an argument designed to undermine the whistle-blower status of Akre and Wilson since whistleblowers have to be reporting a misdeed—something against a law, rule, or regulation. But the implications were astonishing. One might consider this to be a legal maneuvering, an aberration designed to sway a panel of appellate judges. But Fox was not alone in that argument. Five other news organizations signed on as Friends of the Court in an Amicus Curiae Brief filed in support of the Fox-owned New World Communications of Tampa. They are Belo, Cox Television, Gannett Co.

The approval process, and the subsequent debate about this controversial drug, has left a trail of rigged research, battered whistleblowers, threatened scientists, pressured news organizations and hijacked regulatory agencies. The storyline is worthy of an X-Files episode or better yet, a Hollywood thriller. Perhaps the movie would open as Dr. Samuel Epstein, the hero, first learns about the drug.

Natural Health Solutions Mike Adams See book keywords and concepts

FDA panel approves deadly diabetes drug In late 2005, an FDA panel approved the safety of a new diabetes drug (Pargluva) that doubles the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Two whistleblowers, Drs. Steven Nissen and Eric Topol, were compelled to go public with a warning that the drug could have been another Vioxx disaster. It turns out the maker of this drug had fraudulently manipulated its clinical trial data in eight different ways to make the drug appear safe enough for human consumption.

New job opportunities at the Food and Drug Administration (satire) Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Morale Officer The FDA's morale has been harmed lately by utterly false accusations from certain FDA whistleblowers. As a Morale Officer, your job will be to keep all FDA employees in line as a way of boosting overall morale and work efficiency. It's good for the economy! To enforce proper morale among FDA employees, especially those involved in drug safety operations, you will be granted insider access to top-secret FDA technologies currently under development, including our "Graham buster" verbal silencer (patents pending) and a building-wide subliminal program broadcast system.

The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman Peter Rost See book keywords and concepts

There is no question in my mind that Pfizer's termination of whistleblowers sends chilling signals to honest employees within the company. The media campaign they unleashed when they fired me served the same purpose. Pfizer's outrage was apparent. A Pfizer spokesperson was quoted in the New York Times on December 2, 2005, saying, "He was essentially blowing the whistle on his own conduct," and that my actions in filing a qui tarn complaint "were clearly opportunistic."9 They appeared to have forgotten all about the May 28, 2003, letter from Pfizer's general counsel, in which Mr.

Organic Consumers Association's Ronnie Cummings discusses corporate greed and organic milk Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

There was a story in the Chicago Tribune about one of these whistleblowers who pointed out that these cows are not put out to pasture. The only time they are put out to pasture is when there is a media organization or an important person coming out. Yes, it is firsthand information. It is a look at the terrain that these factory-style dairy feedlots are set on.

The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman Peter Rost See book keywords and concepts

This is a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, which assists whistleblowers and their attorneys. Mr. Burns is quoted saying, "The fact the Justice Department won't join the suit doesn't mean the end of Rost's case. The Department of Justice simply does not have enough lawyers and investigators to handle the volume of false claims act suits coming its way. There are right now 150 cases under seal and under investigation, covering more than 500 drugs.

Pfizer allegedly also has a history of firing whistleblowers. The Wall Street Journal has described how Dr. Juan Walterspiel was fired when he raised ethical issues.8 Expressing an opinion that certain conduct is illegal is protected by the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act. An employer who retaliates against an employee who engages in protected conduct violates this statute. Based on this, the law firm of Green & Savits filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Pfizer, Inc., Hank McKinnell, and other senior officers on December 12, 2005.

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