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Here’s one for the ‘markets can self-regulate’ crowd.

Turmeric in South Asia is treated with lead, enhancing colour but causing incurable disease & premature death in millions.

In Bangladesh, it took a massive coordinated campaign of government policy, legal action, education & raids on stores, markets & producers to stop it.

#bangladesh #turmeric #lead #supplychain #law #food

vox.com/future-perfect/2023/9/

Vox · Lead poisoning kills millions annually. One country is showing the way forward.Von Kelsey Piper

Quite an illustrative case of food supplement industry and alt-med parasitizing on genuine medical research:

Aggarwal was particularly drawn to curcumin, a non-toxic compound found in turmeric that has long been staple in Ayurvedic systems of medicine. He authored more than 120 articles about the compound from 1994 to 2020. These articles reported that curcumin had therapeutic potential for a variety of diseases, including various cancers, Alzheimer’s disease and, more recently, COVID-19. MD Anderson Cancer Center initially appeared to be fully on board with Aggarwal’s work. At one point, their website’s FAQ page recommended visitors buy curcumin wholesale from a company for which Aggarwal was a paid speaker (see “Spice Healer”, Scientific American). However, in 2012 (following observations of image manipulation raised by pseudonymous sleuth Juuichi Jigen), MD Anderson Cancer Center launched a research fraud probe against Aggarwal which eventually led to 30 of Aggarwal’s articles being retracted.

https://reeserichardson.blog/2024/01/30/the-king-of-curcumin-a-case-study-in-the-consequences-of-large-scale-research-fraud/

Reese Richardson · The King of Curcumin: a case study in the consequences of large-scale research fraudCould the fraudulent work of one researcher be responsible for the rise of curcumin research?