Examining Lead Levels in Herbal Remedies
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Description: Some ancient Indian herbal remedies contain dangerous levels of heavy metals. A Boston doctor made the discovery when a patient turned up with lead poisoning, after taking some of the herbal supplements.
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For the first time, manufacturers of vitamins, herbal pills and other dietary supplements will have to test all of their products' ingredients. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it is phasing in a new rule that is designed to address concerns that existing regulations allowed supplements onto the market that were contaminated or didn't contain ingredients claimed on the label.
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A new study suggests that accumulated exposure to lead over a lifetime may contribute to increased risk for developing cataracts in older men.
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WASHINGTON Two Chinese herbal supplements are being recalled because they contain a carcinogen linked to kidney disease. Kingsway Trading Company of Brooklyn, New York, is recalling its dietary pills Double
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Results from a new study show that lifetime lead exposure may increase the risk of developing cataracts. Researchers found that men with high levels of lead in the tibia, the larger of the two leg bones below
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Most people associate lead poisoning with paint chips and toxic dust. But in a case report published last week, doctors identified a more unusual source of exposure, gunshot wounds.
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A compound in the fruits acted as effectively as a commercial drug used to reduce levels of the &quot;bad&quot; form of cholesterol in rodents.
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By JOE KILLIAN  GREENSBORO -- Results of the first round of tests at Barber Park were released Tuesday, showing high levels of toxins in the soil and groundwater but low levels of heavy metals.
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U.S. environmental regulators are  considering removing lead, a heavy metal linked to learning  problems in children, from a list of regulated pollutants  because past rules have greatly reduced levels of the toxin.
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By Jirovetz, Leopold; Buchbauer, Gerhard; Schmidt, Erich; Stoyanova, Albena S; Et al  Abstract  Commercially available geraniol and nerol, as well as some derivatives, were analyzed for their purity using GC and GC/MS.
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By JAN BARRY, STAFF WRITER  RINGWOOD  A trace amount of lead was found in a deer taken from a section of Ringwood State Park where lead-based paint waste was dumped decades ago.  Two other deer shot there in January had not been contaminated by lead, the U.S.
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Experts have dismissed claims a herbal remedy can treat cancer.
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U.S. environmental regulators are considering removing lead, a heavy metal linked to learning problems in children, from a list of regulated pollutants because past rules have greatly reduced levels of the toxin.
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The surge in herbal supplement use in the U.S. may reached a plateau, but the love affair is not over, according to a new study.
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Researchers at Cornell University say the antioxidant quercetin found in apples and some other fruits and vegetables appears to protect brain cells against oxidative stress, a tissue-damaging process associated with Alzheimer&#39;s and other neurodegenerative
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Green tea contains chemicals called polyphenols that appear to slow the progression of prostate cancer, at least in mice, according to a report in the journal Cancer Research.
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U.S. health regulators warned Hain Celestial Group Inc about a potentially unsafe herb in some of its herbal teas, saying it might be dangerous to blood sugar, reproductive, cardiovascular and renal systems.