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<DIV>Thanks for these comments Wendy, good points.</DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe I am out of it which is likely, but is there any real consolidated
effort to counter these FDA bans? I am sure ABC and AHPA are working
on it, and maybe you or someone can just kindly direct me to a webpage
detailing the efforts. But it is extremely ludicrous to me that FDA is
banning and restricting "toxic" herbs like A. canadensis, Comfrey, Borage and
the like, when they not necessarily banning toxic OTCs and pharmeceuticals
and favorite foods and drugs (tobacco comes to mind) in similar
fashion? I am sure a pharmaceutical exec would argue that's not
true, but seriously is there any real effort going on to reclaim the use of
Borage, Comfrey, etc? I mean seriously, we ought to ban sugar, high
fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils etc if we are worrying about even a
miniscule chance of someone getting hurt from ingesting plant substances known
to be potentially dangerous...</DIV>
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<DIV>As for A. canadensis, it's a very good point that anticipating markets may
be misguided. however, anticipating need for the medicine may not be such
a bad idea. Money is useful but it ain't medicine.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best regards, Jennifer C.</DIV>
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