I just heard about Dounne Alexander. I'm posting more info in my email. She is a businesswoman with a line of health products.
http://www.grammasintl.com/html/char...rity__jhih.asp
Founder of GRAMMA'S, Dounne (60) was honoured by the Queen with the MBE in 2007 for service to the British Food Industry and has been spearheading 'traditional natural healthcare' for over 20 years. She is a passionate believer in 'divine purpose, spiritual consciousness and a strong advocate of traditional self-healing', based on the ancient principle that natural foods are meant to feed and heal.
Her own business was directly affected this year, when the 'Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency' (MHRA) forced her to stop the production and sells of a unique herbal product, which in 2008 was approved by the Public Health Minister for use in hospitals and hospices. Dounne believes that it could be one of the most innovative British products, with extraordinary health benefits ranging from cancer, heart disease, strokes, seizures, diabetes, high blood pressure, incontinence, food poisoning, allergies, skin disorders and lots more. Therefore, she is currently challenging the MHRA's decision that her product is a 'medicine' and not a 'herbal food supplement'. This has nothing to do with safety or effectiveness but all about obtaining a 'medical license' costing up to £250,000. Hundreds of similar businesses are being challenged all over Europe by what looks set to be the most restrictive regulatory system ever witnessed in the Western world.
Furthermore, laws such as the 1939 Cancer Act was created to prevent the public from being informed about any natural product that is beneficial for cancer. Even when proven safe, effective or if scientific evidence exists, it is a criminal offence to produce, promote or sell it to cancer sufferers. Therefore, people are suffering and dying needlessly from treatable conditions like heart disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and cancer. Apart from withholding such vital 'life saving' information; healthcare practitioners are also being fined, imprisoned or both for restoring health by natural means. Dounne says, 'As cancer is now affecting 1 in 3 of the UK population, then the likelihood of one member in every family falling prey to this dreadful disease is extremely high'. So she asked the MEPs 'What would you do when it touches you or yours? OR how would you feel if a loved-one who has died could have possibly been saved??'