Strange News Items: WebMD taking $4.8 million from Feds to promote ObamaCare, New Zealand newspaper caught red-handed in reversing poll survey results on fluoride, and Fluoride questions to EU Parliamentary for Ireland's fluoride additive...

WebMD Pockets Millions to Stimulate $1 Trillion in Drug Sales

December 4, 2013

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Story at-a-glance

• WebMD has received a $4.8 million government contract to educate doctors about the Affordable Care Act. Lack of transparency has raised questions about potential conflicts of interest
• WebMD has positioned itself as a primary source of independent and science-backed health information yet is financially dependent on pharmaceutical companies, and now the US government
• In 2010, WebMD was found to have created a depression screening test in which 100 percent of quiz-takers ended up having a “high likelihood of major depression,” and were asked to discuss available drug treatment
• Global expenditure for prescription drugs is estimated to hit $1 trillion next year, and as high as $1.2 trillion in 2017
• The main driver of increased drug sales is increased access to medical care across the world. In the US, the Affordable Care Act will likely lead to major spending increases

 

New Zealand Newspaper Caught Reversing Fluoridation Poll Results

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2013/12/new-zealand-newspaper-caught-reversing-fluoridation-poll-results-2514276.html

 

‘The Waikato Times has been caught out reversing its online survey results about the Hamilton City Council’s decision on Thursday to defer its fluoridation decision. The poll asked people if they supported the council’s decision to wait until the after the legal challenge currently before the High Court is decided. 68% of people said “yes” and only 32% said “no” but the Waikato Times misrepresented this as 68% saying “no” and 32% saying “yes”.
The Waikato Times “turning reality upside down” was discovered because various members of the public had taken screen shots while the poll was running, reports the NGO Fluoride Action Network New Zealand (FANNZ) in a press release, adding that people were shocked to see the newspaper print the poll with the results reversed.’

Read more: New Zealand Newspaper Caught Reversing Fluoridation Poll Results

 

 

Parliamentary questions
29 November 2013 - Last Updated December 4, 2013	P-013561-13
Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Martina Anderson (GUE/NGL) http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=WQ&reference=P-2013-013561&format=XML&language=EN  Subject:  Use of hexafluorosilicic acid for water fluoridation in Ireland The substance used to fluoridate the water in the Irish state is hexafluorosilicic acid which is classed as a biocide. The EU wrote to the manufacturer of the substance asking them to provide clinical and epidemiological studies showing that this substance is safe to use as a biocidal product within the EU. Given that the manufacturer refused to give this information to the EU and the fact that the EU subsequently banned the product for use as a biocidal chemical in the EU, can the Commission clarify the legal status of hexafluorosilicic acid and any restrictions that may exist on its usage, particularly in the process of water fluoridation? Is the Irish Government in breach of EC law by continuing to allow hexafluorosilicic acid to be used in the fluoridation of the water supply in Ireland? Does the Irish Government have any obligation under EC law to stop or review its use of hexafluorosilicic acid in the fluoridation of water?