Item Display - Natural causes : death, lies, and politics in America's vitamin and herbal supplement industry

Item Details

• 
• Place Hold
• Find more by this author
• Find more on these topics
• Nearby items on shelf
• Persistent Link
• Cite This (from OCLC)
• Show on Mobile

• Item Information
• Catalog Record
• Current Content
• Preview This

• Bibliographic Information

  Title

  Natural causes : death, lies, and politics in America's vitamin and herbal supplement industry

  Author

  Hurley, Dan.  

  Publisher:

  Broadway Books,

  Pub date:

  c2006.

  Pages:

  viii, 324 p. ;

  ISBN:

  0767920422

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

  • Holdings

    Holdings

    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    RA1250 .H87 2006	1	Book	Available, On shelf

• MARC Record

  Full View From Catalog

  ISBN:

  0767920422 (alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9780767920421 (alk. paper)

  029:

  YDXCP 2366010

  Personal Author:

  Hurley, Dan.

  Title:

  Natural causes : death, lies, and politics in America's vitamin and herbal supplement industry / Dan Hurley.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : Broadway Books, c2006.

  Physical description:

  viii, 324 p. ; 25 cm.

  Contents:

  Sue Gilliatt's nose -- A brief history of thyme -- The rattlesnake king -- Mother nature -- Wholesome as a glass of milk -- Kessler vs. Kessler -- Ancient Chinese remedy -- Alternative universe -- What's really in that bottle? -- One a day -- Women and children first -- Shark bait -- Looking for Mr. Natural -- Proof -- What we can do.

  Summary:

  More than 60 percent of Americans use herbal and dietary supplements, fueling sales of $20 billion a year--despite a lack of evidence that these products are either safe or effective. Aside from extensive coverage of ephedra, the weight-loss supplement linked to the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Belcher in 2003, the media has been disturbingly silent about the danger. Journalist Hurley breaks the silence: he charts the rise in deaths, disfigurements, and life-threatening injuries caused by supplements deceptively promoted as "safe and natural," and brings to light the backroom politics that led to the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), which essentially freed the industry from any FDA oversight. He shows how the industry concealed the truth about dozens of untested treatments, blending hard facts with harrowing personal stories to provide a hard-hitting look at an industry that is out of control.--From publisher description.

  Held by:

  TODD

  Subject term:

  Herbs--Toxicology.

  Subject term:

  Dietary supplements--Toxicology.

  Subject term:

  Herb industry--United States.

  Subject term:

  Dietary supplements industry--United States.

  HTTP:

  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006047576-b.html

  HTTP:

  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006047576-d.html

  HTTP:

  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0704/2006047576-s.html

• Current Content

  Loading...

• Preview This