PCB’s In Fish Oil Supplements…Are You Getting Your Share?
Recently Good Morning America reported there are PCB’s in fish oil supplements, or omega-3 fatty acid supplements, and some suppliers of these supplements are being sued.
On March 2nd, 2010 the makers and sellers of fish oil supplements were sued by the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation in California for not telling consumers that their products contained toxic levels of PCBs.
Why is that important? It’s important because PCB’s were outlawed decades ago. Why? PCB’s can cause cancer.
The defendants include the world’s largest producer of omega-3 fish oil and some of the most well known and biggest sellers of fish oil supplements.
The “experts” on the show recommended you buy a fish oil with the least amount of PCB’s! No kidding.
Do you really want any PCB’s in your fish oil supplements?
Why not choose one with NO PCB’s?
Many of these fish-oil products also contain mercury as well.
Get a little mercury poisoning as well. No thank you!
It can be tempting to buy those low priced supplements seen on the shelves of your favorite drug or discount store. Wow, the same stuff you’ve been paying more money for from your favorite supplement distributor. Why not save some money?
Do you really know what you are getting?
Your favorite supplement distributor is a company that is trusted…a company that does clinical studies on their products and performs rigorous quality controls.
You know their products are pure, safe and effective…
BUT…
”After all, how bad can the lower priced supplement be?”
The answer is – pretty bad!
Many of the labels said the omega-3 supplement was treated to reduce or remove PCBs. As a consumer you were lead to believe they were safe!
The manufacturer probably didn’t test for PCBs and neither did the companies selling their omega-3 supplements to the consumer
Could it be they tested the products, knew they were contaminated with PCBs and sold them to the public anyway? That would be even worse.
So what can you do as a consumer? Here are my recommendations:
Get your supplements from an established company with a reputation for quality and integrity. One that runs rigorous quality controls on their products and doesn’t trust the supplier to do the testing.
The company would also require pharmaceutical grade quality controls on their products. They would conduct clinical studies on their products and publish these studies in peer-reviewed medical journals.
What company would that be? Shaklee Corporation. The product, the only one I know and trust, OmegaGuard® from Shaklee Corporation.
