Target: President Barak Obama and The Congress of the United States of America

From: We the People of the United States of America
 
Subject: The scientifically and medically unjustifiable ban of CFC (chlorofluorocarbon) Asthma and COPD metered-dose inhalers by the FDA, pursuant to the Montreal Protocol and the U.S. Clean Air Act

Whereas: There is no evidence that the relatively trivial amounts of CFC inhaler emissions are capable of depleting the ozone layer, increasing ground-level UV-B radiation levels, or causing an increase in the incidence of skin cancer;

Whereas: The EPA itself admitted that CFC inhalers were to be banned not because they posed any threat to the environment, but only for political expediency;

Whereas: Just four space shuttle flights do more damage to the ozone layer than all of the CFC inhaler emissions by U.S.patients during a year (at peak usage of these inhalers), and there has been no attempt to ban or minimize any military or civilian rocket launches due to concerns about ozone-depletion;

Whereas: Many physicians, nurses and other medical professionals agree with us that the replacement HFA (hydrofluoroalkane) inhalers are not nearly as safe and effective as the banned CFC inhalers;

Whereas: It has been clearly established that the leading allergy and pulmonology medical associations and non-profit asthma and COPD 'patient advocate' organizations have severe conflicts of interest on the subject of CFC inhaler safety and effectiveness (due to their enormous funding by Big Pharma);

Whereas: It has been clearly established that the FDA approved the ban of CFC inhalers without mandating that the replacement HFA inhalers undergo large scale, long-term 'real world' U.S. postmarketing studies to ensure the safety of 40 million Americans who rely on these inhalers;

Whereas: It is clearly established from numerous clinical trials that CFC inhalers are much safer and more effective than HFA inhalers;

Whereas: Some HFA inhaler manufacturers themselves admit that CFC inhalers are safer and more effective than HFA inhalers;

Whereas: Thousands of adults and children all over the world know that CFC inhalers are safer and more effective than HFA inhalers, because they suffer (and in many cases, die) as a result of having to use the inferior HFA inhalers;

Therefore, We The Undersigned, demand that the U.S. Government amend the Clean Air Act to provide for the immediate and permanent legalization of all previously approved CFC inhalers.

Further, we demand that the President of the United States issue any executive orders necessary to provide for the fastest possible manufacture and distribution of CFC inhalers in this country on an emergency basis, in order to minimize patient death, disability and suffering;

Finally, we demand that the President issue an executive order that would provide for the legal importation of foreign CFC inhalers until domestic production is re-established.