Canadian Health Agency Warns Against use of some Ayuvedic Medicinal Products
By Ramsay Crooks
Published on July 22, 2005
Heavy metals pose a severe health risk to humans because they can accumulate in vital organs or cause heavy metal poisoning.
Symptoms of arsenic poisoning are nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, muscle cramps, heart abnormalities, liver damage, anemia, and reduced motor nerve function.
Lead poisoning can cause weight loss, insomnia, dizziness, swelling of the brain, and paralysis.
Mercury poisoning can lead to tremors, insomnia, memory loss, reduced mental function, and slowed sensory and motor nerve function.
Earlier this year, a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found potentially harmful levels of lead, mercury, and/or arsenic in 14 Ayurvedic medicinal products sold in the Boston area.
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