VOSI PAC
1/19/06
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ARTG Results & VOSI
Autism Awareness Proclamation
To All VOSI Members.
In accordance with the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act of 1995 (NTTAA), the Autism Research Task
Group (ARTG) was formed in order to review the 3 Voices of
Safety International (VOSI) autism research reports and
associated standards. (See http://www.voicesofsafety.com/ph/index.html)
A review of both sides of the issue was given to all ARTG
members to allow them to reach their individual conclusions.
All ARTG members were asked to complete the review of the
ARTG articles, after which the results were compiled and
summarized by the VOSI ARTG coordinator, Steve Trushell. All
Task Group Members approved the 3 VOSI Research Reports and
their correlation with the 2004 Defeat Autism Now (DAN)
Conference. The final ballots and conclusions can be found here. See
http://www.voicesofsafety.com/ph/artg/artg-comments-ballots-summary.htm)
In celebration of April 2006 – National Autism
Awareness Month, Voices of Safety International (VOSI),
www.voicesofsafety.com, invites all VOSI members to forward
this "Proclamation" to the mayors in the area
where you live and ask them to sign the
"Proclamation".
A printable version can be found here:
http://www.voicesofsafety.com/ph/artg/artg-proclamation.htm
Forward this to as many friends you have whom are willing
to request similar "Proclamations".
VOSI’s goal is 100 cities before these results are
given to the FDA and CDC to force them to accept this VOSI
autism Research Reports and Standards.
"Think
Globally...Act Locally"
Local Government Proclamations
for Autism Awareness
April is annually recognized as
"Autism Awareness Month". The New Jersey Center
for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC)
has obtained the cooperation of many local government to
issue official "Proclamations" that provide facts
on autism. The 2005 "Proclamation" stated that
autism was once a rare disorder affecting only one in 10,000
people whereas the current rate (according to the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC) is one in 166 children. This is
and epidemic!
As a resident of N. Caldwell,
and chairman of Voices of Safety International( VOSI), I
attended the 4/19/05 meeting where the COSAC
"Proclamation" was read and posted on the township
bulletin Board. At this meeting I proposed that the
information on the VOSI website be added to the
"Proclamation" in order to alert citizens of the
existence of the VOSI autism Standards and Research
Reports". This suggestion was accepted and won in an e
mail to the N. Caldwell Clerk dated 4/20/05.
The COSAC
"Proclamation" was not amended to include the VOSI
information in order that the mayor could appoint a liaison
person to an Autism Research Task Group (ARTG) formed
specifically to review the VOSI autism Research Reports that
indicate, according to a survey of more than 1200 parents ,
that the % contribution of mercury in vaccines, the triple
vaccines DPT and MMR, and genetics as causes of the autism
epidemic are 18, 62 and 20% respectively. David Paris,
currently N. Caldwell Borough Attorney and previously
president of the N. Caldwell Council , was appointed as a
liaison member to the 11 member ARTG
The National Technology Transfer
& Advancement Act, also specifically directed to federal
agencies, encourage all levels of government to utilize
private sector standards that can be be of benefit to the
health and safety of their citizens. VOSI is a private
sector standards writing organization recognized by the
National Institute for Standards & Technology (www.voicesofsafety.com
..."About VOSI"), Local governments should advise
their citizens, by means of "Proclamations" about
the availability of theses VOSI autism standards
in order that they may be aware and make individual
decisions as to whether these standards should be utilized.
The 9 member ARTG, which
included Judith Ulchinsky, Director of Special Services,
West Essex Regional Schools and Marsha Rickles, N. Caldwell
News reporter for the Progress, were required to review and
ballot seven resources including the three VOSI autism
research reports and standards, and the federal government's
position on the vaccination/autism link. The VOSI standards
and research report were approved unanimously whereas only
two thirds of the participants supported the governments
position. The two liaison members of the ARTG, David Paris
and Ruth Schuster, Director of Special Education, N.
Caldwell Public Schools were not required to review or
participate in the poll but were made aware of all task
group activities.
Based on completion of the ARTG
review and approval of the VOSI Research Reports and
Standards, local mayors are encouraged to sign the following
"Proclamation".
Once again, a printable version can be found here:
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, the National Technology
Transfer Act of 1995 encourages local governments to
review and utilize private sector standards, and,
Whereas, Voices of Safety
International (VOSI) is a private sector standards writing
organization recognized by the National Institute of
Standards & Technology (NIST), and,
Whereas the VOSI Autism Research Task
Group (ARTG) has unanimously accepted the VOSI autism
Research Reports and Standards and concluded that local
governments should issue "Proclamations"
encouraging their citizens to become familiar with them,
and
Whereas the VOSI Website contains both
Research Reports and Standards on the probable cause of
and possible prevention of the autism epidemic at www.voicesofsafety.com
...."Public Health"
Now, Therefore I
........................, Mayor of ...................
urge all employees and residents be made aware of, review
and utilize the applicable VOSI autism Research Reports
and Standards in order to become aware of the probable
causes and prevention of the autism epidemic.
VOSI PAC 2/21/06
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VOSI Supports UCS
Scientific Integrity Program
National Engineers Week, February 19-25, 2006
Voices of Safety International (VOSI, www.voicesofsafety.com)
recognize the importance of Scientific Integrity to the
professions of science and engineering. VOSI has modified the
following "Scientific Integrity Program"
Statement of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS, www.ucsusa.org)
in order to recognize the importance of the contribution of
the engineering profession in using scientific integrity in
the design of all engineering projects that affect the health
and safety of people and the protection of the environment.
The role of science and engineering in our society is to
ask questions, to facilitate free and open access to
information, to provide facts and evidence that can guide and
shape policy, and to contribute to the betterment of society
through technological improvements. Scientific discoveries and
innovations play a critical role in increasing our nation's
living standards, ensuring our national security and improving
our families' health and well being. From the development of
new medical interventions to technologies that make our environment
cleaner and our lives safer, the application of
scientific information by engineers is essential in guiding
public policy decisions.
Yet to be effective, science and engineering depend on
adherence to fundamental principles in its pursuit and
application. These principles include objectivity, the
use of rigorous research methods, transparency, and the
disclosure of potential biases and real or perceived
conflicts of interest.
In order to preserve the core values in science,
engineering and science-based decision making our nation's
policies should uphold fundamental scientific principles and
engineering practices. We call upon the administration and
Congress to make a commitment to policies that will support
those principles.
These policies should:
- Ensure that all scientific and health information and
reports provided by the government are based on full and
informed assessments of all relevant data, done in an
independent manner, free of financial conflicts of
interest.
- Ensure that scientists are not pressured to delay,
suppress, or alter scientific or medical information
that may be in conflict with specific political positions,
and are not penalized if they resist such pressure.
- Ensure that the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
is fully enforced, to make certain that scientific
advisory committees are able to provide the highest
quality independent scientific advice to the government,
without political or ideological bias. Ensure that
people who do not have adequate scientific or engineering
qualifications are not appointed to scientific advisory
positions.
- Safeguard against subjecting scientists and engineers
to ideological or political litmus tests for advisory
committees and civil service positions.
- Ensure that the President and Congress receive
scientific advice as early as possible in the decision
making process, and that this is done in a transparent
fashion.
- Ensure that the lack of complete certainty or
irrefutable proof does not erode time-honored
precautionary approaches to public health and
environmental protections.
The suppression and distortion of scientific information
erodes credibility and public trust in government, and may
compromise the health and safety of Americans and the
environment.
The most effective way to support this work is to sign
the scientist and engineering statement on scientific
integrity. The statement can be read and signed online at
the following Website:
http://www.ucsusa.org/scientific_integrity/interference/scientists-signon-statement.html
This statement gives us the ability to show that a great
number of scientists and engineers are concerned about this
issue. In fact, the statement was mentioned in a recent cover
story in Time magazine.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1156577,00.html
VOSI Chairman, Donald C.
Meserlian, PE, is asking the Union of Concerned Scientists to
investigate the official 9-11 Commission Report based upon the
"Report of the Citizen's Commission on 9-11" (http://proliberty.com/observer/20050102.htm).
POGO NEWS has investigated this issue as summarized in
the POGO 9-11 News Releases (http://www.voicesofsafety.com/pogonews/911/).
F - (A + R) = T
F = Freedom A = Accountability R
= Responsibility T = Tyranny
The meaning of the above equation is:
"Freedom Without Accountability and Responsibility
Equals Tyranny"
This equation can be easily committed to memory by
recognizing its acronym!
POGO NEWS 2/11/2005: "Don't Follow the Supreme Head of
International Tyranny" (http://www.voicesofsafety.com/pogonews/2005/pogo-news-2005-02-11.html),
a political satire written by VOSI's Chairman, contributed the
above equation to remind everyone of the dire consequences
that occur in all societies whose political system is not
based on integrity whether scientific or otherwise.
Updated:
3/7/2006