[Danger!] Meet Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.

Dr. Epstein is author of some 280 scientific articles and ten books, including the prize-winning 1978 The Politics of Cancer, and the 1998 The Politics of Cancer Revisited, and co-author of the 1976 The Legislation of Product Safety: Consumer Health and Product Hazards, the 1982 Hazardous Wastes in America, the 1995 Safe Shopper's Bible, and the 1997 Breast Cancer Prevention Program, besides numerous editorials in leading national newspapers.

He is a professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois Medical Center Chicago, is an internationally recognized authority on the toxic and carcinogenic effects of environmental pollutants in air, water, and the workplace, and of ingredients and contaminants in consumer products--, food, cosmetics and household products.

His is also the first of several testimonials on the Neways corporate home page, where Dr. Epstein is quoted as saying:

"NEWAYS has pioneered and succeeded in providing consumers with cosmetics and toiletries free of cancer causing and harmful ingredients and contaminants. I warmly congratulate them on their accomplishments." As the author of the Politics of Cancer and The Breast Cancer Prevention Program, he advocates the use of cosmetics and other products that are free from suspected carcinogens. Dr. Epstein enthusiastically supports the Neways mission and products.

http://www.neways.com/replicating/master/testimonials/index.htm


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If you've been to the Neways corporate home page, you'll see the Neways mission spelled out in very specific terms:

The NEWAYS commitment is to manufacture products that DO NOT contain potentially harmful ingredients. NEWAYS is also committed to Researching the Research to produce products that DO include ingredients that promote good health and longevity.

http://www.neways.com/


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And another Neways web site expresses its respect for Dr. Epstein and its pride in his association with the Neways company this way:

NEWAYS International, the only company endorsed by world renowned cancer expert Dr. Samuel Epstein, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago and internationally recognized authority on the toxic and carcinogenic effects of environmental pollutants in air, water, and the workplace, and of ingredients and contaminants in consumer products, food, cosmetics, and household products.

Dr. Epstein is also Chairman of the Board of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and unequivocally endorses Neways as the only company in the world that offers a full line of products without any potentially harmful ingredients.

http://ecopax.com/neways/neways_products/biogevity/index.html


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[Warning!]It all sounds like an unqualified endorsement for the entire Neways product line, and the fact is, many of the Neways products were developed under the supervision and guidance of Dr. Epstein. This has produced a well-deserved reputation for Neways as a company which truly offers many products which are healthy, safe, and superior to many of the comparable products on the market.

So what does Dr. Epstein think of the new and improved BioGevity?

[BioGevity]
"...my endorsement of Neways products relates specifically and exclusively to their cosmetics and toiletries. Under no circumstances does such endorsement extend to their nutritional supplements which I have not reviewed.

I should further stress that there is well-documented scientific information on the grave hazards of HGH and IGF-1 formulations, including nutritional supplements, with particular reference to and generally undisclosed grave risks of breast, prostate, and colon cancers. It is my strong view that such products should never be used, except under strict and highly qualified medical supervision for a very restricted number of patients who are unequivocally warned about their risks."

Samuel S. Epstein, M.D


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Will Neways respect Dr. Epstein's warnings and concerns regarding BioGevity, as they have in the rest of their product line? Certainly a company which has built its reputation on this statement:

"The NEWAYS commitment is to manufacture products that DO NOT contain potentially harmful ingredients."

cannot arbitrarily choose to disregard the advice of the professor whom they have relied upon to guarantee the safety and quality of the rest of their product line.

What will Neways do?
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UPDATE!
We received this e-mail from Dr. Epstein on January 21, 2000:

"I again confirm my well-documented and longstanding position on the grave hazards of elevated IGF-1 blood levels. These concerns clearly extend to nutritional supplements and anti-aging medications based on IGF-1, and on HGH which functions by elevating IGF-1 levels, apart from the fact that such dangers are almost invariably undisclosed.

Would you kindly publish this statement on your website and confirm, in writing to me, with a copy of your website statement, that you have done so?

Samuel S. Epstein, M.D."


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