--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bob_brigante wrote: > > > > If you order products from MAPI in Colorado Springs, I'm sure you're OK > > -- they claim that they test all products imported from India both > > before shipment and on arrival in the U.S.: > > > > http://mapi.com/en/qualitycontrol/index.html > > <http://mapi.com/en/qualitycontrol/index.html> > > > > However, MAPI USA was negligent in not warning people about not ordering > > direct from MAPI companies in India, which apparently don't test and > > have the heavy metal problems, which is why MAPI USA was sued (by a > > longtime movement stalwart living in Vedic City) for "failure to warn" > > about these problems: > > > > http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20848/maharishi-ayurveda > > <http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20848/maharishi-ayurveda> > > > > I almost ordered stuff from MAPI-INDIA via a banner ad that I saw, and I > > certainly would have pissed if I had bought this stuff -- I use unleaded > > in my car, and that's definitely my preference in food supplements too.
> The big problem is that our increasingly moronic citizenry (partly by > too much fluoride and mercury in other things) will want to ban ayurveda > altogether. Do you really expect them to understand that what is being > talked about is the preparations that contain metals? They certainly > can't ban preparations that contain just herbs like ginger, cinnamon, > cardomon, etc, but don't underestimate the ability for big pharma to > manipulate the ignorance of the public. > ************ Currently, Federal law is very favorable towards dietary supplements: "While pharmaceutical companies are required to prove the safety or effectiveness of their products, supplement manufacturers are not, and the FDA can take action only after a dietary supplement has been proven harmful." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_supplement Yeah, there may be some blowback over this ayurveda/heavy metal thing, but I don't think so. There are too few people interested in AV for there to be widespread concern, I believe, and although people do express an interest in greater regulation of dietary supplements, lobbying efforts by the supplement industry have been very successful, abetted by the wariness that most people have towards Western organized medicine and big pharma.
