VELASQUEZBusiness Ethics. Concepts and Cases, 6th edn

Dangerous supplements on the US market

[Consumer reports in May 2004 stated it] easily purchased 12 [dangerous supplements] in February 2004 in a few days of shopping on line and in retail stores. These unsafe supplements include aristolochia, an herb conclusively linked to kidney failure and cancer in China, Europe, Japan, and the US; yohimbe, a sexual stimulant linked to heart and respiratory problems; bitter orange, whose ingredients have effects similar to those of the banned weightloss stimulant ephedra; and chaparral, confrey, germander, and kava, all known or likely causes of liver failure.