Many Supplements Contain Toxins That Are Not Claimed In The Description

Many Supplements Contain Toxins That Are Not Claimed In The Description.
A Congressional exploration of dietary herbal supplements has found intimation amounts of lead, mercury and other encumbered metals in nearly all products tested, plus myriad illegal fettle claims made by supplement manufacturers, The New York Times reported Wednesday, 27 May. The levels of critical metal contaminants did not exceed established limits, but investigators also discovered troubling and perhaps unacceptable levels of pesticide residue in 16 of 40 supplements, the newspaper said. One ginkgo biloba fallout had labeling claiming it could to Alzheimer's disease (no effective treatment yet exists), while a product containing ginseng asserted that it can enjoin both diabetes and cancer, the report said.

Steve Mister, president of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a following group that represents the dietary supplement industry, said it was not surprising that herbal supplements contained drop amounts of heavy metals, because they are routinely found in soil and plants. "I dont believe this should be of concern to consumers," he told the Times. The report findings were to be presented to the Senate on Wednesday, two weeks before chat begins on a major food safety bill that will likely village more controls on food manufacturers, the Times said.

The newspaper said it was given the report in advance of the Senate hearing. How durable the bill will be on supplement makers has been the subject of much lobbying, but the Times celebrated that some Congressional staff members doubt manufacturers will find it too burdensome.