Researchers find high levels of toxic metals in herbal medicine products sold online
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
Boston, MA--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that one fifth of both U.S.-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain lead, mercury or arsenic. These findings appear in the August 27th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).