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The WesTon A. Price

FoundATion ® President’s Message
Education  Research  Activism

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sally Fallon Morell, MA, President and Treasurer
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, Vice President This issue of Wise Traditions addresses the subject of toxins in
Geoffrey Morell, ND, JP, Secretary our environment―how to avoid them and how to support the body's
Sarah Pope, Recording Secretary
Tom Cowan, MD efforts to get rid of them―with three excellent articles by speakers at
Cherie Calvert our recent conference.
Valerie Cury Joyner
Kim Schuette, CN In the midst of working on this issue, the story of the Disneyland
BOARD MEMBER EMERITA measles outbreak hit the newspapers, along with strident calls to elimi-
Mary Enig, PhD, FACN, CNS
nate the religious and philosophical exemptions that help concerned
GENERAL COUNSEL parents avoid vaccinations in forty-eight out of fifty states. The Founda-
James Turner, Esq.
tion has sent several action alerts having to do with signing petitions,
HONORARY BOARD
Jen Allbritton, BS, CN posting comments and protesting proposed legislation. (Good news:
Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH draconian proposed bills have already been withdrawn in three states:
Marie A. Bishop, CDC
Joette Calabrese, HMC, CCH, RSHom(NA) Oregon, Washington and Maryland.)
Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD We have also sent out two press releases (they are posted at the
Lee Clifford, MS, CCN
Christapher Cogswell, MA Press tab on our website), which point out that vaccinated individuals
Monica Corrado
Janice Curtin can spread disease, especially the live viral vaccinations such as chicken
Katherine Czapp pox, measles, rubella, flu, polio and smallpox. In addition, we have
Eric Davis, BDSc, DAc, DCN
William Campbell Douglass, MD posted numerous memes and links to information about the dangers of
Sara Bachman Ducey, MS, CNS vaccinations on our Facebook page.
James A. Duke, PhD
Carol Esche, DNP, MA, RN, CAN These efforts have generated thousands of comments, most of them
Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD
Ruth Ann Foster, MA in support; but several have criticized the Foundation for straying from
Donna Gates, BS, Med our fundamental message of nutrition, while others express surprise at
Nicholas Gonzalez, MD
Joann S. Grohman our stance opposing vaccinations.
Beatrice Trum Hunter, MA
Mark A. Kastel The promotion of non-toxic therapies is part of the WAPF mission
Fred Kummerow, PhD statement, and we published an article in 2005 outlining the dangers
Felix Liao, DDS
Sandrine Love of vaccinations (westonaprice.org/health-topics/vaccinations-parents-
Kilmer McCully, AB, MD, MA (hon) informed-choice/), so none of our members should be surprised that we
Judith McGeary, Esq.
Carlos Monteiro have joined with other groups to publicize the dangers of vaccinations.
Kenneth Fielding Morehead, DOM In fact, our board of directors is unanimous and adamant about using
David Morris, BS, DC
Jill Nienhiser the WAPF's influence and organizational skills to warn parents about
Sylvia Onusic, PhD, CNS, LDN
Kathryne Pirtle, BS, MA what can happen to children when they are vaccinated.
Jessica Prentice We will be devoting our Summer issue to this subject. We would
Bruce Rind, MD
Sir Julian Rose, BT especially appreciate hearing from parents of vaccine-injured children.
Julia Ross, MA
Beverly Rubik, BS, PhD We know that it can be painful to share your story, but the world needs
Adrienne Samuels, PhD to hear what happens when vaccinations go wrong so that other children
Ron Schmid, ND
Andreas Schuld may be saved.
Stephanie Seneff, BS, MS, EE, PhD Childhood diseases are either mild or nonexistent when parents
C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD
Ted Spence, DDS, ND practice the kind of good nutrition that we advocate. Diets rich in vi-
Alana Sugar, CN
Beverly B. Teter, PhD, FACN, CNS tamins A and C can protect children against disease much better than
John Umlauf vaccinations, and with side effects that are good, never harmful. Public
Susun S. Weed
David Wetzel, BS health policy should be aimed at accurate information about nutrition,
Bruce West, DC not the promotion of vaccinations that actually suppress the immune
Louisa L. Williams, MS, DC, ND
system and often have tragic side effects.
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