tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post8680607329373684177..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: The EU's 'lifestyle policy'Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-1535640489897775152013-12-24T18:57:17.869+00:002013-12-24T18:57:17.869+00:00"exposure to tobacco prevents the fulfilment ..."exposure to tobacco <b>prevents the fulfilment of the right to health</b>, as well as several health-related rights, including the <b>right to life</b>, the right to a clean environment and the <b>right to information</b>"<br />A subtle way of re-interpreting the <b>right</b> into an obligation for the individual and a <b>right</b> for "Public Health" to intervene in individual lives.<br />I don't care about Public Health because I'm not "The Public", I'm not suffering from public health problems and I never will. Should I have health problems, then they are mine, not the public's. I would never go to my doctor claiming that I am publicly ill. <br /><br /><br />Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821473060642204067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-18700317863626581002013-12-24T01:29:16.297+00:002013-12-24T01:29:16.297+00:00I smell Big Pharma here. Does the EU follow the pa...I smell Big Pharma here. Does the EU follow the path of the WHO?<br /><br />"In the 1980’s, however, the organization expanded its attention to noncommunicable disease, although it was limited by a budget frozen at $450 million. Today, the international agency now takes in more than $500 million a year, more than it gets from all its member nations. This money comes primarily from drug companies whose fortunes are intimately connected to its donations to WHO.<br /><br />Although spokesmen deny WHO is influenced by the pharmaceutical industry, the drug companies’ internal documents give another perspective. According to the Seattle Times Daphne Fresle, a former top official in the WHO office that monitors worldwide pharmaceutical use, resigned in protest in 2002, complaining of the agency's relationships with drug makers. Unpublished documents of WHO reports first obtained by The Guardian newspaper in 2003 describe "undue influence" on guideline panels dealing with diets and food additives."<br /><br />http://www.easydiagnosis.com/secondopinions/newsletter18.htmlWielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01268138725643869962noreply@blogger.com