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CDC: More Than 180 Sickened in 10 States From 'Toxic' Vitamins |
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Written by FoxNews.com
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
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Health officials are investigating more than 180 reports of illness in people who took dietary supplements containing toxic levels of the mineral selenium. Last month, federal officials warned consumers about harmful doses of selenium _ a mineral considered healthful in small amounts — in plastic bottles of liquid Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula. The manufacturer recalled the product March 27, but reports of 184 illnesses indicate many people are still taking it, health officials said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found up to 200 times the label level of selenium in the products. The agency also found 17 times the label level of chromium but has not yet concluded if those levels are toxic. Toxic levels of the minerals were in about 1,200 bottles distributed in 16 states and over the Internet, said Dr. James Lando, who is leading the team working on the investigation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. READ MORE
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 June 2008 )
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Dietary supplements recalled after poisoning reported |
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Written by CentreDaily.com
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Sunday, 18 May 2008 |
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued a warning to consumers not to drink two dietary supplements that is being investigated in connection with more than 100 cases of acute poisoning nationwide, including some in Pennsylvania. The products — the eight- and 32-ounce bottles of "Total Body Formula" in tropical orange and peach nectar flavors and the 32-ounce bottle of "Total Body Mega Formula" in orange/tangerine, have been voluntarily recalled by Total Body Essential Nutrition of Atlanta. READ MORE |
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