Safety of Vitamins and Natural Supplements Verified
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Posted on Jan 28, 2010, 6 a.m.
174-page annual report by the US National Poison Data System confirms the safety of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and botanical agents, reporting zero deaths caused by a dietary supplement in 2008.
In publishing the “2008 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 26th Annual Report,” the US National Poison Data System confirms the safety of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and botanical agents. The 174-page annual reported zero deaths caused by a dietary supplement in 2008. Sixty-one poison centers provided nationwide data for the U.S. National Poison Data System, which was then reviewed by 29 medical and clinical toxicologists.
Bronstein AC, Spyker DA, Cantilena LR Jr, Green JL, Rumack BH, Giffin SL. “2008 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers’ National Poison Data System (NPDS): 26th Annual Report” (2008 Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System [NPDS]): 26th Annual Report. Clinical Toxicology (2009). 47, 911-1084; doi 10.3109/15563650903438566.
