Open Letter to Elie Wiesel:
A Federal judge has ruled that I insulted the survivors of the
Holocaust by comparing the Holocaust's 6 million deaths with the
millions of deaths caused by a government blunder and cover-up in
this country. I now apologize to all Holocaust victims,
survivors, and the Jewish community, as it was not my intent to
cheapen or diminish the Holocaust by the comparison.
But I seek more than your acceptance of my apology. I ask that
you, and the Jewish community of writers, doctors, lawyers,
editors, and scientists, not avert your eyes from the millions of
American lives sacrificed to the intellectual arrogance of the
1930's.
Let me explain. In 1930 the FDA was founded, and, with much
hubris and no science, immediately began a campaign to destroy
the American mineral water industry. Mineral health spas were
flourishing, and the AMA's doctors were envious of the mineral
spas' prosperity and medical successes. The AMA attacked the
mineral water industry with the AMA's own "Bureau of Propaganda"
(yes, it really was named that), and later incited the FDA to
attack the mineral water industry. Mineral spring owners were
smeared in the media and maliciously prosecuted in court, but
without any scientific evidence that mineral water was bad or
ineffective in treating many illnesses. The mineral water
industry was destroyed.
Nearly 40 years later, in 1977, the US National Academy of
Sciences (NAS) reported in their 900 page book,
Drinking Water and Health, that "more
than 50 studies" had shown that hard, mineral-rich water was
correlated with much lower incidences of heart disease, and that
as many as 150,000 US lives could be saved per annum by an
optimal mineral profile in drinking water. Subsequently, numerous
other studies showed the same benefits, and clinical and
controlled studies showed that it was the magnesium in
hard water that provided the benefit. However, the FDA did not
want to admit they had caused over 7 million deaths between 1930
and 1977 by taking magnesium away from consumers, so the FDA
simply denied the evidence, and continues to ignore magnesium to
this day. Even the NAS's 1997 update on magnesium, showing
magnesium deficiency is pandemic and causes much cardiovascular
disease, has been ignored by the FDA.
I first became aware of the magnesium-deficiency problem in
1993 when a Jewish doctor visited me, and let me copy over 100
medical journal articles about magnesium. Since then, I have
written thousands of letters, filed petitions, and finally sued
the FDA for genocide. The judge admitted that over time the
numbers of deaths caused by magnesium-deficiency may have
exceeded the Holocaust--10 million compared to 6 million--but
said it was a political problem, not a legal problem, and so
dismissed the case. I have always agreed with the judge, and you,
that there is an infinity of difference between dying of a
needless heart attack and dying in the Holocaust.
Even so, the Jewish community bears a special responsibility
to stop this modern, more banal genocide, because it is Jews who
have vowed "Never Again!", and have chastised the world for
keeping silent about the Holocaust. Yet, today, the Jewish
community is participating in the silence, averting its eyes.
Jewish politicians forward my letters to the FDA, instead of
investigating the FDA.
Jewish doctors, scientists, and researchers tell me privately
that I am right, but not to use their names because they don't
want to be blacklisted by the FDA, denied research grants, or
appear radical to their colleagues.
The media, in which the Jewish community figures prominently,
refuses to touch the magnesium story, as they don't want to be
blacklisted by the FDA from other emerging news stories, or
branded "radical" by the FDA, or admit that such a horrible crime
is happening in their own back yard. Jews are in denial.
Now that I have apologized to you and the Jewish community, I
ask that you not only accept my apology, but examine these 10
million American deaths, and end the silence. I ask the Jewish
community, and you, to join me in court and in the media, to stop
the FDA's "genocide" and cover-up.
Sincerely,
Paul Mason, Editor
Magnesium Web Site
References:
Magnesium information is at The
Magnesium Web Site
The lawsuit against the FDA is at Lawsuit
Judge Fogel's ruling is at Judgment
FDA destruction of the mineral water industry can be found in
"Crazy Water - The Story of Mineral Wells and Other Texas
Health Resorts", Texas Christian University Press, 1991.
This page was first uploaded to The Magnesium Web Site on June
12, 1999
http://www.mgwater.com/
Healthy Water
Association--USA