| Literature DB >> 17763088 |
Kelli Cooper1, Barry Noller, Des Connell, Jimmy Yu, Ross Sadler, Henry Olszowy, Gary Golding, Ujang Tinggi, Michael R Moore, Stephen Myers.
Abstract
Out of 247 traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) investigated, a proportion were contaminated with arsenic (5-15%), lead (approximately 5%), and mercury (approximately 65%). Some preparations exceeded the tolerable daily intake (TDI) for males and females for arsenic (4 and 5 products, respectively), lead (1 and 2 products), and mercury (5 and 7 products). These exceedances were as high as 2760-fold, which posed a potential danger to public health. As many users are known to self-prescribe, there is a substantial risk of poisoning from the consumption of these contaminated TCM.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17763088 DOI： 10.1080/15287390701434885
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Toxicol Environ Health A ISSN： 0098-4108