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"medicine" high in heavy metals

Can't read the box in the tiny illustration, but it appears these are CAM products or something "herbal" in nature. I find it odd that something not authorized or approved for sale in Canada is available in Canada.

There was a similar "problem" a few months back with lead-tainted candies from Mexico in the US. I think they traced it down to lead-glazed crocks used in the manufacture.

If you alternative/herbal, you pretty much have to hope that this isn't some garage operation producing the stuff. One relative who's a licensed massage therapist wanted to start compounding her own oils and lotions and selling them. I think she was planning on doing it in her kitchen. I told her that she needed an entire set of containers, graduates, mixing implements, etc. reserved exclusively for producing her stuff. I also told her she'd have to wash everything down meticulously before and after making her stuff, and it probably would be better to have a room devoted entirely to compounding her stuff. I had to explain to her that if there was ever the slightest complaint about anything she'd produced, that the entire process would be investigated and she'd be hung out to dry legally if there was any possible source of contamination. Basically, she'd have to meet commercial kitchen standards at a minimum. The better suggestion was for her to make up a trial batch, and then contract one of the suppliers to make it for her.

Regards;
Beanbag
 
haikuhamu said:
I don't know about you, but when I buy any medicine, I expect the net effect to be positive.

Well, how would you like to find out that a medication has 40 times the maximum allowable limit of arsenic?

CBC article: Heavy Metal Warning for Ayurvedic medicinal products

Then again, I never had much faith in these "blood purifiers". My liver and kidneys do quite nicely, thank you.
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Herbal medicines in the US don't have to prove a positive not effect. I really hate that stupid law.
 
Impressive:

http://www.detoxamin.com/index.asp?pgid=1200

For the study, Saper visited 30 South Asian grocery stores within 20 miles of Boston and purchased every Ayurvedic herbal product available in each store, so long as it was produced in South Asia and made for oral consumption.

Seventy products were tested at the EPA laboratory. Fourteen, or 20 percent, contained a significant level of lead, mercury and/or arsenic. Each of the 14, if taken as recommended by the manufacturers, could result in heavy metal intakes above regulatory standards, the researchers said
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Eleven different manufacturers - 10 from India and one from Pakistan - produced one or more Ayurvedic product containing heavy metals. Eighty percent of the 30 stores sold at least one product which contained significant amounts of heavy metals.
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I hope some heads will roll, but hey, it's "alternative", you consume that **** without guarantes I guess.
 
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