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Don't forget that the entire boom in supplements/vitamins in the industry is the result of Orrin Hatch, who sold snake oil door to door to put himself through c
by cromwellian 7y ago
Don't forget that the entire boom in supplements/vitamins in the industry is the result of Orrin Hatch, who sold snake oil door to door to put himself through college, and then as Senator, succeeded in getting supplements declared as neither a Food nor Drug, so the FDA essentially couldn't regulate them.
I think it's fare to say that Orrin Hatch's career has resulted in millions of people being fleeced by quack snake oil, and some non-trivial number of people's health harmed.
https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-hatch-20180105-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-hatch...