strange phenomenon which seems to happen at the same time every year? Overview of Codex Alimentarius by Rima Laibow, M.D. At the request of the United Nations (UN) in 1962, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) took on the joint role of running and administering the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) to establish standards and remove barriers to trade for all food and food products. Having declared that nutrients are toxins from which we must be protected, the CAC has been busy establishing enforceable international guidelines for upper limits of nutritional supplement dosing. Codex has goals that affect every person in the UN’s 170+ member nations, including the United States. As a tool for furthering these goals, member nations are urged to adopt Codex standards and guidelines as domestic policy. The United States has already committed itself to doing so despite U. S. law which prohibits this compliance. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has adopted Codex as a standard for the adjudication of foodrelated international trade disputes and has the authority to enforce Codex standards through implementation of harsh economic sanctions on non-Codexcompliant member nations. Pre-existing international treaty laws dictate that WTO rulings will override the domestic laws already in place in its member nations and, in fact, the WHO has successfully taken both states and the U. S. government to court in the U. S. to force changes in our domestic laws eleven times. This means our nation’s hard won laws that give you access to over-the-counter, natural health supplements will become meaningless. Codex’s original mandate to remove barriers to trade and assure a clean food supply has, under the influence of private, economically-driven multinational pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical corporations, self-expanded far beyond its original mandate. The result is a body of highly dangerous and restrictive policies that threaten to become domestic law in the U. S. and, as such, are a threat to your health and freedom. The FDA has stated explicitly that its goal is complete "harmonization" with Codex and, in order to bring that about, international regulations i.e., Codex will be given preference over domestic ones! (Federal Register, 10/ 11 /95) If Codex gets its way, as it already has in the EU, we can expect that, ultimately, only 18 or so dietary supplements will be available over-the-counter in doses which are, by design, far too small to have any discernible impact on any human being since codex classifies nutrients as toxins. High potency nutrients will not be available either with or without physician’s prescription since these molecules and compounds will be forbidden under any circumstances. The big surprise? Once in the hands of pharmaceutical companies, consumer supplement costs are expected to more than quadruple. This has, in fact, been the experience in Europe where this process is already underway and micro-dose nutrient prices have increased 10 to 100 fold or more (e.g., in Norway a bottle of zinc lozenges which previously cost $2 now costs $54; in France 12 Vitamin C tabs of just10 mg cost $117; while 10 Vitamin E caps of only 10 IU each cost $110). Australia and the European Union (EU) are in the process of enacting harmonized Codex policies that restrict consumer access to nutritional supplements. America is next. Though Americans value personal freedom, the fact Codex meets infrequently (and almost always offshore) and is bogged down in highly technical language that is difficult to understand has resulted in many Americans being unaware of this threat. The nearly total media blackout on Codex and its activities helps to keep the U. S. uninformed and therefore, pliant. While there have been rare serious adverse reactions to nutritional supplements during the past decades, (usually when taken far in excess of the recommended dosing), numerous severe and even fatal reactions to drugs (usually when taken at the recommended dosing) occur every day and are the fourth leading cause of death in hospitalized clients in the United States when properly used. When improperly used, they are, in fact, far and away the leading cause of death in the United States. Even so, drug deaths are very likely underreported. Drugs are inherently dangerous; nutrients are not. This fact makes it clear why the drug culture 2 needs to eliminate all access to natural health options, including nutritional supplements, in order to expand and intensify its influence and thus its profitability. Healthy people take fewer drugs and thus are poor customers. The global pharmaceutical powers -that-be have already purchased a large piece of the lucrative global nutritional supplement pie but the considerable size of this pie keeps the hugely profitable pharmaceutical profit -share-pie from reaching its maximum size so the competing nutrient pie must be destroyed. Though unable to pate

Dun Laoghaire is situated near Dublin in Ireland. It began as a small fishing village, but since the 19th Century, it has become part of the sprawling suburbs of our capital city. Despite this, it has managed to retain some of its individuality. Dun Laoghaire is a very historical town. It used to be a small fishing village located on a rocky coast near Salthill, which was renowned for its production of salt. The original village, called Dunleary was situated near the beginning of the present West Pier. The present inner harbour, known as the coal harbour, dates from that time of the 18th Century. It consisted of seventy dwellings or cottages and was a very compact little village. All that remains of Dunleary is a row of 15 houses, including ‘Purty Kitchen’ and the Coal Harbour Pier. However, during that time, there was also another pier which was in the form of a curve. That pier is now buried beneath the railway line. There used to be a sandy cove running up to the site of the former ‘Fun Factory’, which was closed recently. Now, all that land has been reclaimed and built on. In Dunleary during the 18th Century, there used to be a famous coffeehouse which was very popular with tourists and people on day-trips from Dublin. The small harbour used to dry-out at low tide but it was considered an important departure point for England. Dun Laoghaire is still an important port, however the present journey time of 1? hours does not compare to the 22 hours then! The death of Dunleary was started in the 1820s when the building of the harbour created a completely new town to the east, on the site of the present town. The first few buildings of the new town were constructed from the 1820s, although building of the harbour was started in 1815. The harbour was only built to facilitate the trade in Dublin Port. At that time, the approaches to the Liffey were extremely dangerous. Many ships were grounded as there was only a narrow path through the sandbanks to the river mouth. It needed skilled captains to negotiate the dangers. Because of this, there was a huge waiting time. Ships were anchored out there for days before being allowed in. And, if that wasn’t enough for them, they had to brave fierce storms and gales that threatened to drive them onto the rocks. So, it was decided that a place for the boats to stay was needed. Dunleary seemed a suitable place and the foundation stone was laid in 1817 by the Lord Lieutenant. King George IV visited Dunleary in 1821 causing the name ‘Kingstown’ to be formally adopted for the town. The visit of the King was recorded on the obelisk, which is now positioned in front of the Royal St. George Yacht Club. The present name, Dun Laoghaire, was adopted again in 1920. This name was the Irish version of Dunleary meaning the fort of Laoghaire. In 1930, two small stones containing early decorations were dug up near the Coal Harbour, suggesting that the original fort was built there. This fort can’t be seen now, though, since a Martello Tower was built on top of it and then the construction of the railway destroyed them both. However, the National Museum said that the stones were of recent origin and that they were put there to prove that there was a dun in Dun Laoghaire. No one knows the truth. The harbour consists of two huge granite piers. The East Pier is one mile long and the West Pier is even longer. It encloses a space of 250 acres and the two arms have protected ships in the most adverse of weather conditions except occasionally when northeasterly gales strike. It cost over one million pounds to build and more than 600 men were employed to construct it. Dun Laoghaire was also an area for Martello Towers. These round towers were built under threat of an invasion by Napoleon in the early 1800s. Each one was built the same, and was positioned within firing distance of the next, along the East Coast from Skerries to Bray. On the top of each, there was a wall with a rail on top. The cannon sat on this rail and was free to point in any direction. Two Martello Towers were built in Dun Leary, one on the site of the supposed dun and one in the People’s Park. All have been destroyed. The original purpose of George’s Street, the main street of Dun Laoghaire, was to link the towers and the garrisons together. The land in the centre of Dun Laoghaire was poor and partly used for grazing. Much of the land had been quarried with holes and stones on it covered with briars. The new town converted much of this to fine Georgian terraces, churches, yacht clubs and other public buildings. The town grew between 1820 and 1840. George’s Street was quickly developed and also were the parallel streets Kingstown Parade, Rumley Avenue (now known as Patrick Street and Mulgrave Street) and Northumberland Avenue. The only building on Tivoli Road at that time was Carrig Castle, which was really a large house. The road itself was actually an old path between the castles of Bullock and Monkstown. During the