There is a health-frenzy in the United States. Many consumers pop multiple supplements daily, hoping to add longevity and healthy years to their lives. Unfortunately, with the mass production of supplements made available quickly to the public, regulations to protect consumer safety fell secondary to sales.
ABC World Newsreported, “Dietary supplements are a $27 billion a year business in this country, but Consumer Reports has an alert” on “supplements the magazine says can be dangerous to your health.” Consumer Reports’ Nancy Metcalf said, “With the dozen supplements that we’ve identified, we think it’s all risk and no benefit.”
The Los Angeles Timesnotes that the list of those that are unsafe include “aconite, bitter orange, chaparral, colloidal silver, coltsfoot, comfrey, country mallow, germanium, greater celandine, kava, lobelia, and yohimbe.” The report also “argues that the FDA has not fully used its limited authority granted by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act to ban supplement ingredients that may be dangerous.”
The Washington Post adds that supplement manufacturers “routinely, and legally, sell their products without first having to demonstrate that they are safe and effective.”
Source: The American Association for Justice
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