Organic, natural health-care is under attack

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Organic, natural health-care is under attack. If the current trend continues, say Helen Fullerton and Martin Walker, the world�s health may soon be entirely in the pockets of the mighty pharmaceutical corporations. These are the opening lines to an article published in March 2000, but still a very interesting read.

We now are in the midst of an all-out concerted attack on natural remedies, supplements, non conventional cures - anything that could compete with the pharmaceutical paradigm in medicine. That outdated paradigm is dear to the hearts of both investors in pharmaceutical fortunes and those in government who are supposed to promote public health but have ended up promoting pharmaceutical profits instead.

How did we get into the current pickle? The article by Helen Fullerton and Martin Walker brings us up to speed on the events of the last two decades leading up to the current confrontation."