Word: utah
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...independently verifying them, becomes an administrator at a private clinic. Robin, the whistle blower, goes on to work with one of the lab’s rivals. And Cliff, whose suspect research methods received such bad press throughout the entire ordeal, apparently has “a possibility in Utah...
Sure. But promising a nice paint job isn't the same as claiming to cure cancer. In 1997, Utah-based Nu Skin paid $1.5 million to the Federal Trade Commission, which monitors advertising claims, for five products it said could reduce fat and build muscle. Before that, the company was accused of making unsubstantiated claims about a baldness treatment and a wrinkle lotion. Packaging for many Nu Skin products (and those from sister company Pharmanex) now carries an array of disclaimer asterisks...
...major regulatory oversight would be a new hurdle for the supplement business, thanks to some old friends in Washington. Senator Hatch co-sponsored the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which released manufacturers from demonstrating that products were safe before being sold. Hatch has invested in a Utah company called Pharmics, and other supplement companies contribute regularly to his campaigns. XanGo recently became Hatch's top contributor, with executives donating...
...dose of bad press, though, over ephedra. The FDA received more than 800 reports of adverse effects from the Chinese weight-loss herb before it proposed limiting doses in 1997. A subsequent study tied 155 deaths to various ephedra products, but uncontrolled sales weren't banned until 2004. Utah company Neutraceutical Corp. is still arguing that lower doses are safe, but in August the firm was overruled by an appeals court...
...Asian herbs and plants. Consider the buzz in holistic-healing circles around Himalayan goji berries, used in Tibet for nearly 2,000 years to treat kidney problems, allergies, diabetes and tuberculosis. At least that's according to the marketing materials of Timpanogos Nursery, a farm growing goji berries--in Utah. The mangosteen may have met its match...