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In 1980, Stephen Fox founded New Millennium Fine Art, a Santa Fe gallery specializing in Native American and Landscape, and is very active in New Mexico Legislative consumer protection politics, trying above to get the FDA to rescind its approval for the neurotoxic and carcinogenic artificial sweetener, Aspartame. [http://www.prlog.org/10070694]
In a strictly legislative context, his most important writing has been for the Hawaii Senate: http://www.prlog.org/10056715-hawaii-senate
In his capacity as Contributing Editor of the Santa Fe Sun News, Fox recently interviewed Mikhail Gorbachev: http://www.prlog.org/10064349-mikhail-gorbachev
He has been adamant and resourceful about exposing the charlatans of the sometimes-organic food movement. Take the time to read this press release concerning California Attorney General Jerry Brown's suits against Whole Foods, Avalon, and others, for either knowingly or negligently adding a deadly carcinogen to their body care products and soap, as in Whole Foods 365 Label products: http://www.prlog.org/10079593
He cordially invites all Op Ed News readers to visit New Mexico in 2008!
Saturday, December 19, 2009 Must watch: Kid assaulted and suspended for handing out vaccine flyer at school
Minnesota High School student Robert Wanek faces Assault by Teachers and Suspension for passing out flyers warning his fellow students about the dangers of vaccination. Don't miss this shocking footage! I think this kid is quite brilliant!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 World's largest aspartame maker Ajinomoto is trying to rename it AMINOSWEET! (7 comments)
Evidently, the heat from the truthful bad press about the medical effects of aspartame has gotten to the corporate giant Ajinomoto, who is trying to change the name to something more warm and fuzzy: AMINOSWEET. Let's hope Obama's FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg, MD, rejects their name change and kicks this neurotoxic carcinogen out of the USA once and for all! Please google and readRead RUMSFELD'S BIOWEAPON LEGACY!
Thursday, July 16, 2009 Major Legal UK Victory Against Aspartame Maker, Ajinomoto (3 comments)
This is a serious and superb legal milestone affirming that a supermarket chain can describe artificial sweetener aspartame as "nasty," if it wants to do so, based on customer responses, whether the corporate miscreant behind the manufacturing of this deadly poison wants to bludgeon critics into silence or not!
Friday, June 26, 2009 Roger Williams, UK Parliament Member, Applauds Reinvestigation of Aspartame's Neurotoxicity
Williams said: "Although the Food Standards Agency [UK's FDA] says this product's safety has been established, the fact that a fresh scoping study is being carried out points to concern about aspartame. In recent years I have done significant work on these chemical compounds and my belief is that they can have profoundly damaging effects on certain individuals."
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 Burmese Monk Mettacara Finalist for Brilliant Blog Award; VOTING ENDS APR.30 (3 comments)
Voting Ends April 30! Burmese Ashin Mettacara Finalist for Most Brilliant Blog Award; Please vote! This is for the Chapeau Blogging Awards, and to vote only takes about one minute. He is a Buddhist monk and refugee living in Sri Lanka, where his visa runs out shortly, and the $2000 prize money could make the difference between survival vs. staggering difficulties he will face.
Monday, April 13, 2009 Burmese Ashin Mettacara Finalist for Most Brilliant Blog Award; Please vote! (1 comments)
Please take the time to quickly vote for our fellow OpEdNews blogger, Ashin Mettacara! He is absolutely a brilliant blogger. If he wins, he can use that money to get out of Sri Lanka, as his Visa there is running out next month. Please help!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 No to Ajinomoto Asking FDA Approval of New Sweetener Advantame! (12 comments)
Yet another biochemical nightmare from Ajinomoto, the world's largest maker of aspartame and monosodium glutamate; this time, they are asking for FDA approval; write to Obama's FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, M.D., and ask her to not only turn them down, but rescind approval for aspartame; put an end to neurotoxic food additives causing dozens of illnesses that go undiagnosed accurately.
Saturday, April 4, 2009 ERIC TREISMAN: an Oscar Schindler for Tibetans, Dies in Santa Fe at 64 (3 comments)
Reminiscence on the passing of a fine Stanford Lawyer, Tibetan supporter, linguist, and friend of the internationally downtrodden, especially the Tibetans, whose "beachhead" in New Mexico he was instrumental in establishing.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Why British Columbia Banned Artificial Sweeteners in Schools (3 comments)
Why British Columbia has banned all artificial sweeteners in the elementary and middle schools throughout the province, a major breakthrough that should inspire many other consumer protectionists and educators in other provinces, states, and nations.
Monday, March 30, 2009 We should ask HR875 sponsors to withdraw their cosponsorship! (12 comments)
It is worth a shot, to email, write and call them; capitol switchboard is 202 224-3121; to prevent this massive takeover and subversion of all of American Agricultural history by Monsanto---bad enough to have a Monsanto lawyer, Michael Taylor, as head of Obama's Food Safety Working Group! Monsanto has their former lawyer on the Supreme Court as Clarence Thomas, and as former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Enough is enough!!!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009 Obama Appoints Howard Koh Asst. Sec. of Health & Human Services (8 comments)
This is Obama's appointment to oversee the Center for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institute of Health, a major position; this is the guy to write to if you have ideas on FDA reform, in addition to Margaret Hamburg, MD, Commissioner.
Friday, March 20, 2009 22 members of Hawaii House of Representatives Sign Resolution asking FDA to Rescind Approval for Neurotoxic Aspartame (18 comments)
Hawaii takes seriously the ominous neurodegenerative effects of this commonly found artificial sweetener, found in Diet Cokes, Sugarless Gum, Equal, and hundreds of medications, despite its being metabolized as methanol and formaldehyde; you personally could write in support of this long overdue and obvious imperative to Margaret Hamburg, M.D., FDA Commissioner, 5400 Fisher's Lane, Rockville Md., or to commissioner@fda.gov.
Sunday, March 8, 2009 Obama Rescinds Edict Against Stem Cell Research; Dr. Lanza: "Emancipation Proclamation" (11 comments)
At long last, Obama will officially overturn Bush's ignorant and indifferent ban on all stem cell research with federal funding; this will have a massive impact on the stock market for corporations with products in Phase I and II Clinical Trials, particularly Advanced Cell Technology, the firm that owns 400 of the key patents and has perfected a way of creating stem cells without destroying embryos.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Alert: Hawaii Aspartame Ban Bill Will Die If You Don't Call Hawaii Health Chair Senator David Ige Now! (2 comments)
Is this 21st Century Consumer Protection, to see good bills killed by indifference, ignorance, corporate lobbyists, and foremost, a Senate Health Chairman's inaction, who chose not to schedule this bill for a hearing, while tens of Native Hawaiians are suffering from aspartame induced epilepsy and worsened diabetes, because they use and their doctors told them to drink Diet Cokes and chew sugarless gum? Is this a bad dream?
Sunday, November 9, 2008 PREVENT CANCER FROM KILLING YOUR DOG (15 comments)
Learn the signs and symptoms of canine cancer; take responsibility for your animal's health; learn some of the rudiments of veterinary science, if you are going to have a dog.
Sunday, November 9, 2008 Why Howard Dean, MD, would be the best Health Secretary or FDA Commissioner (11 comments)
Dr. Dean could do with American health by countering Big Pharma and Big Junk Food what he did in revitalizing the Democratic party and bring victory in 2008, that would be an achievable miracle, a 50 state strategy for Health and Preventive Medicine, which we direly need as a nation!
Friday, November 7, 2008 Will you please right now give a thanks to Dr. Howard Dean? (46 comments)
Send a personal message to Howard Dean, M.D., former Gov. of Vermont and DNC Chairman, without whose guidance and genius Obama's election might not have succeeded.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 Born in the USA: Barack Obama (5 comments)
Director of Hawaii Dept. of Health confirms a birth certificate is on record for Barack Obama.
Sunday, November 2, 2008 Hawaii Health Director Confirms Obama Born in Hawaii (1 comments)
Long overdue, Republican governor Appointee Health Director finally confirms authenticity of Obama's Birth Certificate
Saturday, November 1, 2008 Analysis for Journalists and Editors about Announcing Winners Before Election Day (34 comments)
Post Op Analysis of NM Sun News front cover OBAMA WINS!, CNN coverage, L.A. Times, London Telegraph, London Mirror, papers in India, Taiwan, Romania, Italy, and Pakistan. The comparison with the Chicago Tribune and Dewey is absurd, extraneous, and totally irrelevant. They printed several hundred copies the night of the election thinking Dewey won. We printed 11,000 copies ten days before the election, sure of Obama's victory.
Friday, October 17, 2008 Editorial Page Endorsements of Obama Part II Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle,Los Angeles Times (15 comments)
For months, I have been urging and coaching and doing free editing to help Obama supporters write letters to the Editor: to see this latest blast of endorsements reaffirms my faith both in independent and discerning American Editorial Pages and the strength of my tactics, but above all, the intelligence and compassion of our best candidate, Obama, who has convinced hundreds of millions of American he is the right choice now!
Friday, October 10, 2008 BARACK OBAMA On Gandhi's Birthday (44 comments)
Barack Obama on the influence of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on his ideas and actions.
Thursday, October 9, 2008 Obama Must Appoint a Consumer Protectionist as FDA Commissioner (52 comments)
One of Obama's first Presidential Orders should be to rescind FDA approval for Neurotoxic Artificial Sweetener Aspartame, the reverse of Donald Rumsfeld's forcing FDA approval in 1981, despite 15 years of prior FDA refusals to approve it.
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Republicans are Supporting Obama: Who, How and Why (12 comments)
An astute, biting, and sometimes surprising analysis of how (and why) some Republicans, and even one evangelist, are supporting Obama
Saturday, September 20, 2008 Univ. of Iowa Students Interrupt McCain-Palin Rally (13 comments)
Great news from Iowa which could be turned into grist for the Victory Mill! Please Use this in Letters to Editors in Iowa, help Obama Win!
Saturday, September 13, 2008 McCain's Medical Condition Could Sink his Boat, if Detailed Records Were to Be Released. (9 comments)
"A recurrence of metastatic malignant melanoma would essentially destroy John McCain's capacity as the Chief Executive, and the American People have yet to receive a full accounting of the facts regarding his actuarial risk." These are the limited facts the American people have had access to. Over 1000 pages of medical records were shown to selected journalists for 3 hours with little notice, and only one with medical training
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 Stephen Fox, Anti-Aspartame Legislation Author, will be guest on world's largest radio program COAST TO COAST, TONITE!
At 2 A.M., I was in rare form decrying the lies and corporate manipulation, as well as the sordid chapter in the US FDA's history, attached to the artificial sweetener, aspartame, and what infernal forces have forced it to continue to be on the market....google and read: RUMSFELD'S BIOWEAPON LEGACY, to learn more, if you are not up at that hour!
Thursday, July 31, 2008 Federal Appeals Court Revives FTC Objections to Whole Food/Wild Oats Merger
Largest US "organic" grocery chain (already under legal seige from the State of California's Attorney General Jerry Brown, for Carcinogens in Body Care Products under Proposition 65) faces very serious legal challenge in DC Appeals Court ruling that merger must go back to lower court, as Federal Trade Commission requested....
Thursday, July 31, 2008 Verizon Backs Down and Pull Pit Bull Ads!
Even the big corporations have to listen occasionally to pubic outrage and an outpouring of emails from everywhere about what they did....
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Australia Only Nation Comprehending Beijing Smog Medical Damage; Skipping Opening Ceremony August 8! (6 comments)
Hats off to the Aussies for being the only Nation to take seriously the warnings of the world marathon record holder, Haile Gebrselassie, physicians in many nations, and this writer, to get the endurance events like marathon entirely out of Beijing's infernal smog!
Friday, July 11, 2008 Mr. Rogge and Olympic Committee: Get the Marathon, Cycling, and Triathlon Out of Beijing's Deadly Air Pollution, Please! (1 comments)
What a grim prophecy, Olympians dying miserable deaths because of Beijing's smog, unless Jacques Rogge and the International Olympic Committee don't move the Marathon, the Cycling, and the Triathlon out of Beijing's smog. Surely there are some mountains near Beijing that would work....Time is running out for Rogge and his Committee to pick new venues!
Sunday, July 6, 2008 Beijing Air Pollution Will Kill Several Olympic Athletes; US Trainer Takes Precautions; Olympians Wearing Masks? (18 comments)
A harsh prediction on the unavoidable consequences of China's air and water pollution, which Olympic officials are only giving lip service to, but training experts are taking great care to codesign masks for athletes, so they won't keep over from the smog, carbon monoxide, and particulate matter in that Beijing air, far nastier than any other city in the world. What a lovely place for the Olympics, eh?
Monday, June 30, 2008 Koreans Absolutely Correct to Protest US Beef Imports (8 comments)
Don't stop those US-imported beef protests in Seoul: a harsh but accurate analysis of how chemicalized agriculture is destroying our health, especially when corporate lobbyists get into the act to kill true consumer protection legislation
Saturday, June 21, 2008 Obama Needs a Popemobile (4 comments)
Brief analysis into why this Presidential candidate needs a Popemobile, in view of many frightening incidents in American and World History, both before and after being elected, protecting him to the best of our ability as a Nation, regardless of the amount of fiscal resources required! Mohandas Gandhi, John Kennedy, Salvador Allende, Patrice Lumumba, Benazir Bhutto, and many others: they are all here in this mandate.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Myanmar Generals Should be Tried for Cyclone Victims Genocide: Joel Brinkley/ Stanford University
With comments by Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, and Ashin Mettacara, Buddhist Monk living in Sri Lanka. The General's catastrophic indifference to cyclone survivors has unnecessarily killed tens of thousands more. Brinkley's understanding of Myanmar and what is truly going on there, is very deep indeed.
Thursday, June 5, 2008 New Mexico Legislators who Killed Nutrition Council Bill "Retired" by Voters
Consumer protection efforts fail when Senators are guzzling diet Cokes before voting, and an Ex-Marine Right Wing Representative filibusters to kill 30 bills. New Mexico voters show wisdom in throwing these guys out; consumer protection legislative efforts have a chance when these old-style cronies get canned by the voters!
Friday, May 23, 2008 New Mexico Governor Richardson: Best USA Secretary of State 2008/Complete Ideal Democrat Dream Team (8 comments)
My "dream team" would have Hillary as VP, Edwards as Attorney General, Richardson as Secretary of State, Dr. Howard Dean III, M.D., as Sec of Health or Commissioner of FDA, repairing damage done to USA international by Bush Neocons and 8 years of Corporate Kleptocracy!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Dalai Lama's Translator Lhalungpa's widow forgives Driver; Dalai Lama expresses condolences; New NM DWI Legislation (2 comments)
In Memorial Service honoring Lhalungpa, his wife Gisela Minke stated she had no anger, only sorrow, towards Santo Domingo Pueblo DWI driver; Drepung monks chant farewells with family's speeches; serious legislation proposed for New Mexico.
All Americans have been touched by the ghastly tragedies resultant from DWI fatalities; when will we get smart like Norway and take away all driving permanently after first DWI offensE?
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 Dalai Lama's Translator and Top Tibetan Scholar, Lobsang Lhalungpa, T-Boned and Killed in Santa Fe
Tragedy-Santa Fe: Dalai Lama's friend, advisor, and translator dies from injuries sustained over the weekend; wife was driving, and pickup truck littered with empty beer cans slammed into them; was major figure in Creating Tibetan Government in Exile; Lifetime of Publishing, Scholarship, and Translating from Tibetan and Teaching Tibetan Culture and Philosophy; Driver of Pickup was Inebriated Santo Domingo Repeat Offender
Saturday, April 26, 2008 U.S. Congress and Supreme Court: Listen to what Dennis Quaid has to tell you about the abuses of Big Pharma! (1 comments)
Actor Dennis Quaid reveals concerns about his twins getting overdosed with Heparin last November at Cedars of Sinai Hospital, and is taking these concerns to a Congressional hearing in the near future. We all are also hoping the U.S. Supreme Court might be listening, and not give blanket immunity and indemnity to drug manufacturers in a decision expected this summer....
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Aspartame and FDA: Annotated Bibliography, As Requested by Hawaii Senate (4 comments)
An annotated analysis of all of the "Whereases" in the Hawaii Senate Resolution 191 sponsored by Hawaii Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, as corroborated evidence leading up to asking the FDA Commissioner to rescind approval for aspartame, thus taking this neurotoxic and carcinogenic chemical out of 7000 food products and hundreds of medications, and thus off the market forever.
Saturday, March 29, 2008 John McCain is Very Scary (8 comments)
A brief analysis of McCain's candidacy by one of the most progressive Democrats in the New Mexico Legislature, sponsor of the bill to ban aspartame, and sponsor of several measures to improve accountability in elections, like paper balloting/paper trail.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Testimony re: Hawaii Rep. Josh Green, M.D., Resolution re: Aspartame in Hawaii
A searing response to a corporate- pleasing compromise House Resolution in Hawaii re: Aspartame, introduced by Rep. Josh Green, M.D., from Stephen Fox and Dr. Betty Martini, Founder Mission Possible International
Thursday, February 21, 2008 With Hawaii's Health at Stake: Last Shot to Ban Aspartame in Hawaii This Legislative Session (1 comments)
Please help us get aspartame banned in Hawaii by making 4 quick phone calls to Honolulu, to the top Democrat leaders in the Hawaii Senate, one of whom is the Health Committee Chair, Sen David Ige, who must schedule this bill very soon, or it dies....last chance for major consumer protection breakthrough!
Sunday, February 17, 2008 Banning the Neurotoxic Carcinogenic Aspartame in Hawaii? Health Director Relies on Ajinomoto funded Toxicology "Report" (4 comments)
Corporate influence on Hawaii consumer protection bills to ban Aspartame: please help by immediately calling Democrat Senator David Ige, Chairman Health Committee, 808-586-6230; fax 808-586-6231
E-mail sendige@Capitol.hawaii.gov; ask him to schedule Sen. Kalani English's SB2506; if this fails and bill dies, most malevolent corporations in the world win again! FDA approval forced by Donald Rumsfeld in 1981 as CEO of Searle.
Friday, February 8, 2008 Testimony of Stephen Fox on Hawaii's Bill To Ban Aspartame (1 comments)
Final Testimony of New Mexico Activist to Hawaii House Health Committee on Economic and Medical Reasons Hawaii should ban this terrible neurotoxin and carcinogen, corporate lobbyists be damned....
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Hawaii Aspartame Battle: House Health Committee Decision Friday (1 comments)
An analysis of how we must get a Do Pass in the Hawaii House Health Committee for Legislation to continue to Ban Aspartame (dba Methanol/Formaldehyde), the neurotoxic and carcinogenic artificial sweetener; with contact information for the committee members for those who wish to participate in this consumer protection initiative.
Monday, January 28, 2008 Bills to Ban Aspartame Progress in Hawaii
A short analysis with some tactics on how we are going to get a bill passed in the Hawaii Legislature to ban the neurotoxic and carcinogenic Aspartame, a poison found in more than 6000 food products, and hundreds of children's medicines.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Major new Solar Panel $100 million plant planned for New Mexico, announced by Gov. Richardson Jan. 14
Solar is secure, economical, and environmentally friendly, and that Schott/New Mexico is ambitious, but not unrealistic, and at the cutting edge of research and manufacturing. Climate change is very real all over the world, and helps nations wean themselves from foreign sources, which will see $200 per barrel in the near future, which is entirely unsustainable. Solar sources will never run out, and we can help the environment.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Reminiscence on the passing of New Mexico Senate President Ben Altamirano (4 comments)
A brief tribute to one of the finest statesmen I have ever known, the former President Pro Tempore of the New Mexico State Senate, Ben Altamirano, who passed away on December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Gang Raped by Halliburton in Iraq and Still Waiting for Justice Two Years Later (1 comments)
A ghastly story of a 22 year old employee of Halliburton/Kellogg, Brown and Root; the legal battle she faces. Thousands of dead Iraqis will never see the Justice Jamie Leigh Jones may eventually reach, thanks to her excellent lawyers and her very strong case. Print this for those thinking of joining USA mercenaries in Iraq changing their mind immediately. Dump your stock holdings in these mercenary corporations IMMEDIATELY!
Monday, December 3, 2007 More Cancer Causing Chemicals in Food; Acrylamides in French Fries At Top of List
As is corporate-added carcinogenic chemicals in processed and restaurant food weren't bad enough, a host of new chemicals far beyond the well-known acrylamide in French Fries are coming into the light. One has to wonder: why are the relevant Consumer Protection authorities in every nation seeming to "play dead" on these vital issues which affect every living human?
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 Aspartame Research Needed, Not Coca-Cola Soft Sell (4 comments)
An update from New Zealand, the foremost settings for the most serious challenges of continued government regulatory approval of the most common artificial sweetener, the neurotoxic additive found in 6000 US food products, 2000 medications, even in children's vitamins and cold medicine, metabolized as methanol,formaldehyde, and proven brain tumor causal agent, DIKETOPIPERAZINE; 1981 approval forced by Donald Rumsfeld
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 Fascist America in Ten Easy Steps
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all!
Friday, August 10, 2007 Bush's Disapproval Hits Rare Heights; Only Nixon and Truman Scored Worse
Analysis of Bush's Soaring Disapproval Ratings; New Mexico Inner Politics on Improving Nutrition, Bill Richardson, Getting Rid of Junk Food in the Schools, the Failures of the Food and Drug Administration, the Future of Consumer Protection in the United States, Presidential Politics, and other fascinating trivial concerns
Friday, July 27, 2007 Phytonutrients Prevent Cancer (1 comments)
Rudimentary Biochemistry of How and Why Particular Foods Seem to Prevent Cancer; Current Research Summarized
