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#1 2015-02-03 09:11:18
- Loohan
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New York Attorney General Targets Supplements at Major Retailers
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/0 … -news&_r=3
"The authorities said they had conducted tests on top-selling store brands of herbal supplements at four national retailers — GNC, Target, Walgreens and Walmart — and found that four out of five of the products did not contain any of the herbs on their labels. The tests showed that pills labeled medicinal herbs often contained little more than cheap fillers like powdered rice, asparagus and houseplants, and in some cases substances that could be dangerous to those with allergies."
Intriguing. Lizard clones target the sleaziest, repty-est corporate ripoffs. Normally, one would expect them only to go after honest purveyors of effective medicine that poses a threat to the pharma companies. What could possibly be the motive here?
'“If this data is accurate, then it is an unbelievably devastating indictment of the industry,” said Dr. Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and an expert on supplement safety. “We’re talking about products at mainstream retailers like Walmart and Walgreens that are expected to be the absolute highest quality.”'
Are you kidding?! "mainstream retailers like Walmart and Walgreens that are expected to be the absolute highest quality"?
It has been 15-20 years since i first read that Walmart vitamins contain very little of what they say on the label. Why would their herbs be better? Do people actually believe they buy quality supplements at such places? Probably; i tend to underestimate the stupidity of the American consumer.
So anyway, since we have established that even these giants of virtue are corrupt, we have an unbelievably devastating indictment of the entire industry. It only stands to reason that those little companies you don't see on TV must be at least as corrupt.
Of course, half of those little companies are repty, too (NOW, Jarrow, etc. etc.), as is Orrin Hatch-Clone. No doubt they will mount an ostensible opposition against increased government crackdown.
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