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Supplements and Safety
2016 · Film · documentary · 53 min
Directed by Neil Docherty
An investigation into the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight. The film examines the marketing and regulating of supplements, and cases of contamination and serious health problems.
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> It's strange to me how Melatonin is so uncontrolled in usage, dosage, etc., despite being a hormone.
You can thank Mel Gibson and industry lobbying [1][2].
[1] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/supplements-and-safety/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2olDA0w8U
Frontline has a great piece of the problems with vitamins and supplements in the US.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/supplements-and-safety/
Exhibit A: the supplement industry. They have done a tremendously terrible job of self-regulating. If you aren't familiar with the travesty see the Frontline episode on the topic - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/supplements-and-safety/
(Also the internet is filled with 95% garbage)