NY Attorney General to Wipe Herbal Supplements from Shelves

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

New York’s Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, has ordered GNC, Target, Walgreens, and Wal-Mart to immediately stop selling certain herbal supplements. The products include up to seven varieties — ginkgo biloba, St. John’s wort, ginseng, garlic, echinacea, saw palmetto, and valerian root – that reportedly were mislabeled or contained adulterated content.

While the products have already been pulled from shelves amidst what the Attorney General’s (AG) office called an “outrageous degree of adulteration,” there is a problem.

The test used to deem the herbal products adulterated is considered inadequate and unproven by experts, such that the results cannot …read more

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