Word: birthwort
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...federal law the burden falls on the FDA to prove that supplements are not safe. The FDA last week got a prod when Consumers Union (CU) warned Americans that they should avoid a "dirty dozen" that may cause cancer, kidney or liver damage, even death. The list: aristolochic acid (birthwort), comfrey, germander, androstenedione, chaparral, kava, bitter orange, organ or gland extracts, lobelia, pennyroyal oil, scullcap and yohimbe...
...tumors in the kidney and elsewhere along the urinary tract among patients in Belgium who took it as part of a weight-loss program. The highly toxic herb is likely to be present in a host of botanicals, including Dutchman's pipe, guan mu ton, heart snake root and birthwort. The FDA plans to seize any substance with Aristolochia that turns up at U.S. ports...
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