> "It's worse in the US because the FDA effectively "washes its hands" of anything deemed a "supplement"" The "natural" supplement industry lobbied for, and ob

> "It's worse in the US because the FDA effectively "washes its hands" of anything deemed a "supplement"" The "natural" supplement industry lobbied for, and obtained, a law that makes them unregulatable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_Supplement_Health_and_Education_Act_of_1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_Supplement_Health_and_... ("Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994") > "The act was intended to exempt the dietary and herbal supplement industry from most FDA drug regulations, allowing them to be sold and marketed without scientific backing for their health and medical claims.[3]"