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Consumer Reports Issues Warning About Dietary Supplements

An estimated 23,000 people per year wind up in emergency rooms because they’ve taken a dietary supplement without understanding their health risks, Consumer Reports found in a major review.

by Madeline Conway

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An estimated 23,000 people per year wind up in emergency rooms because they’ve taken a dietary supplement without understanding their health risks, Consumer Reports found in a major review of the largely unregulated supplement industry. (ABC News)

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