Editor, Re: Federal Court ruling concerning millions of deaths caused by drinking water. Within the next few weeks, Federal Judge Jeremy Fogel in San Jose may order the FDA to condemn deficient drinking water such as San Francisco's and New York City's tap water (and most places in between). I filed suit against the FDA in San Jose Federal Court in Aug. 97, and now Federal Judge Jeremy Fogel is set to rule. Apparently SF's water is killing over 1,000 SF'ers per annum (hey, is that more than AIDS?) by causing heart disease and stroke. The US National Academy of Sciences has estimated that as many as 15% of the 1,000,000 US annual deaths from heart disease could be prevented with an optimal mineral profile in drinking water, particularly magnesium ---- that is, 150,000 lives saved per annum. http://www.execpc.com/~cc/exhibitb.html The NAS's 1997 review of the RDI for magnesium confirmed that most Americans are Mg-deficient, and that Mg-deficiency is related to heart disease and stroke. The NAS raised the RDI for Mg in 1997. http://www.execpc.com/~cc/exhibitk.html The San Francisco Water Department gets its water from snow-melt in the Sierras, the Hetch Hetchy system, and snow-melt is virtually devoid of the natural minerals found in ground water. As President of the Healthy Water Association public advocacy group, I filed numerous petitions to the FDA beginning in 1994. http://www.execpc.com/~magnesum/petition.html When my petitions were ignored by the FDA, I filed a Federal suit against the FDA in Aug., 1997 to require a minimum standard of magnesium in drinking water, which would obsolete most tap waters and bottled waters. Federal Judge Jeremy Fogel in San Jose, CA took the case under submission Dec. 18, 1998, and has completed his review of 2,300 pages of medical journal reprints. Judge Fogel's secretary informs the Healthy Water Association that his decision may be rendered within the next week. The FDA, represented by the Department of Justice, stated in a Joint Case Management Statement that "There are no material facts in dispute." See suit at http://www.execpc.com/~cc/fdabig.html The Healthy Water Association is advised by a panel of some of the leading magnesium experts in the US, including Prof. Mildred Seelig MD (past president of the American College of Nutrition, editor emeritus of the Journal of the A.C.N., affiliated with the University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill, and Blaine Pharmaceutical Co.); Dr. Burton Altura and Dr. Bella Altura, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY; Tom Miller, lead scientist for Premier Services, the largest purveyor of industrial and agricultural magnesium in the US. 300 pages of medical journal reprints about Mg-in-water are available at http://www.execpc.com/~magnesum Judge Fogel's secretary, Teresa Fleishman at (408) 535-5426, can confirm that Judge Fogel is about to rule on this magnesium issue (Case C-97-20686 JF), though of course she is not allowed to leak his ruling. Can you get this "conspiracy" any coverage on the web, talk shows, etc? Paul Mason, President Healthy Water Association tel: (408)897-3023 fax: (408) 897-3028 Confirming News Sources: Science Advisory Panel of the Healthy Water Association Prof. Mildred Seelig, MD, Editor Emeritus, Journal of the American College of Nutrition See reprints of some of her published work at http://www.execpc.com/~magnesum/seelig.html Dr. Burton Altura, researcher Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY (718) 270-2618 Prof. Harold Foster University of Victoria P 0 BOX 3050 Victoria, British Columbia Canada V8W 3PS Tel: (604) 721-7327 Fax: (604) 721-6216 Author of the book, "Health, Disease, and The Environment", which examines the health benefits of magnesium in water Tom Miller, lead scientist Premier Services Co. 19826 Hidden Trail Place Walnut, CA 91789 [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel/fax (909) 594-4921 Magnesium researcher Dr. Burton Silver Intracellular Diagnostics (Mg testing) 553 Pilgrim Dr., Suite B Foster City, CA 94404 (650) 349-5233
