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Natural Causes:
Death, Lies and Politics
in America's Vitamin and
Herbal Supplement Industry
by Dan Hurley
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In his lively debut, health and medical journalist Hurley takes aim at the $21 billion supplement industry and its potentially injurious "natural" products. Hurley maintains that the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 is one of the worst laws on the books. Shielding vitamins and herbal concoctions from FDA testing, it requires only that no curative claims be made for such "dietary supplements." If you think that "herbal" weight loss products are all safe, think again. Hurley targets the scam artists who sold billions of dollars of adulterated pills to make a buck, and left many people dead or permanently ill for the rest of their lives. The Chinese herbal products for weight-loss are especially dangerous.
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Dietfraud in Action... |
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Odds 'n' Ends
With more diet scams coming out every day, it's hard to
keep track of them all. Here's the latest source of information about all the
things people have tried to pull on consumers over the years.
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Patch Scams
Patches have always been a huge source of income, yet
more often than not, only endanger the users health. Here's your most
recent source on the scams you've seen in the headlines.
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Supplement Scams
One of the most dangerous diet scams of all has been
seen in supplement form, where the so-called "diet drugs" have actually
caused more damage than anything.
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Cases Against
We're out there, fighting for your health against companies
that must think consumers to be stupid. Want to help out the cause? Have a
look here for all the up-to-date information.
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Cellasene Lawsuit
Cellasene has caused so many problems over the past
few years, that we thought it deserved a section of its own. If you've
ever been hurt by this dangerous drug, look here to hear more horror stories
about a drug that wasn't all it lived up to be.
16 Plant Macerat Lawsuit
The PhytoPharma people from Canada have scammed people for years. The latest scam is called 16 Plant Macerat, a liquid vial of snake-oil, designed to take millions a month to some offshore bank account. There are some serious question about whether this money was used to fund illegal activities.
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