Aw. Little Orrin Hatch. It's just fascinating to see what people in Congress are willing to sacrifice for their own interests, isn't it? Thanks in large part to Orrin Hatch and his connections to the dietary supplements industry, they've been willing to sacrifice at least 184 of us so far.
I'm not saying that dietary supplements are bad in and of themselves. I am saying that they should be subject to the same regulation as the rest of the food and drugs that we eat. Anything that makes any sort of nutritional or health claim ought to be required to prove it, and ought to be required to meet production and shipping standards. Yes, that would make the products more expensive. However, relatively speaking, hospitalization for arcane sorts of poisoning surely costs a great deal more. And death, technically speaking, is the ultimate expense on a personal scale.
("A lamb placenta a day"? Ewww....)
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