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<div><br></div><div class="broadcast-details hide-from-mobile" style="margin: 2px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="broadcast-time" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; width: 320px; ">from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/">http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/</a></span></span></div><div class="broadcast-details hide-from-mobile" style="margin: 2px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="broadcast-time" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); display: inline-block; width: 320px; ">Thu, Nov 7, 2013 -- 9:00 AM</span></div><div class="broadcast-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="broadcast-title" style="margin: 0px 0.8em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R201311070900" style="color: rgb(17, 73, 153); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; ">Study Raises Questions About Herbal Supplements</a></span><p class="broadcast-description" style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">A new study from the University of Guelph in Canada finds that many herbal supplements are diluted or replaced with fillers, such as wheat and rice, that aren't listed on their labels. Using a technique called DNA barcoding, researchers discovered that many products were misleadingly labeled. Critics of the multibillion-dollar-a-year supplement industry say it is defrauding consumers and that FDA regulation is inadequate. Industry groups claim the study is flawed. We discuss the findings and what they mean for consumers.</p><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div>On Nov 7, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Mark Blumenthal wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>"<De Angelis>", Patricia De Angelis <<a href="mailto:patricia_deangelis@fws.gov">patricia_deangelis@fws.gov</a>><br>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[MPWG] Important critique of DNA Barcoding publication that claimed contamination and substitution in North American herbal products<br>
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<h2 style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="font-weight:normal">ABC Review and Critique of the Research Article "DNA Barcoding Detects Contamination and Substitution In North American Herbal Products" by Newmaster et al.</font></h2>
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<div><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">By Stefan Gafner, PhD; Mark Blumenthal; Danica Harbaugh Reynaud, PhD; </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">Steven Foster; Natascha Techen, PhD </span><br>
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