Supplements and Safety

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🗓️ 20 January 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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FRONTLINE, The New York Times and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation examine the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements, a multibillion-dollar industry with limited FDA oversight.

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0:00.0	This is an audio cast of the Frontline Program Supplements and Safety, broadcast January 19th on PBS.
0:23.5	Tonight on Frontline, a multi-billion dollar a year industry, the debate over supplements.
0:28.2	How could it be that you can sell something without any evidence that it's safe or effective?
0:33.2	They say their products will make you healthier.
0:35.2	Customers derive a benefit. Over half the country every day takes a supplement safely and effectively.
0:41.2	But critics say that many have fraudulent claims, could be dangerous and should be regulated.
0:46.2	It almost takes a sacrificial lamb to die before the food and drug administration can take any action.
0:52.2	Correspondent Gillian Finlay investigates.
0:56.2	Oh, that doesn't smell good.
0:58.2	Very strong, fishy smell.
1:00.2	Supplements and safety.
1:02.2	A Frontline New York Times special report.
1:09.2	Frontline is made possible by contributions to your PBS station from viewers like you.
1:14.2	Thank you.
1:15.2	And by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1:18.2	Major support for Frontline is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,
1:24.2	committed to building a more just, vertent and peaceful world.
1:27.2	More information is available at Macbound.org.
1:30.2	Additional support is provided by the Park Foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues.
1:37.2	The John and Helen Glessner family trust, supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires.
1:43.2	The Ford Foundation, working with visionaries on the Frontlines of Social Change Worldwide, at FordFoundation.org.
1:51.2	The Wincoke Foundation.
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