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• Toxic Levels of Lead, Heavy Metals Found in Many Popular Dark Chocolate Products: Study

  September 9, 2024

  Grace Muller

  A recent study warns about high levels of lead and cadmium in many dark chocolate and cocoa products, calling for more investigations to evaluate the potential health risks children and other consumers may face.

• Dietary Supplement Concerns Require Congressional Probe, Attorneys General Say

  April 3, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  More than a dozen attorneys general are calling for increased FDA oversight of the herbal supplements industry after an investigation revealed that major retailers were selling fake products.

• GNC Announces New Guidelines After Investigation Discovered Fake Supplements

  April 1, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  New testing guidelines by GNC has resulted in an agreement with New York that would allow its Herbal Plus supplements back on store shelves in that state.

• MDLs Sought for Herbal Supplement Lawsuits Against Wal-Mart, Walgreens, GNC

  February 19, 2015

  Austin Kirk

  Several retailers face a growing number of class action lawsuits over fake herbal supplements which plaintiffs say should be centralized as part of an MDL for pretrial proceedings.

• Lawsuit Filed Over Liver Transplant from OxyElite Pro Supplement

  December 11, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A Hawaiian man is suing GNC and the makers of OxyElite Pro, saying the dietary supplement caused liver failure which required a liver transplant.

• OxyElite Pro Hepatitis Lawsuit Filed in Hawaii

  November 25, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A new federal lawsuit has been filed against GNC and the makers of OxyElite Pro by a Hawaiian woman who says the supplement caused her hepatitis.