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Both U.S.-made and imported Ayurvedic dietary supplements have high contamination rates of toxic metals such as mercury, though only a small fraction of the levels found in canned tuna.

Toxic heavy metal contamination of Ayurvedic dietary supplements is in most cases intentional.

Triphala, a combination of three fruits–amla, bibhitaki, and haritaki fruits—is the most commonly used herbal formulation in Ayurvedic medicine and may have powerful anti-cancer properties. Unfortunately, one in five Ayurvedic herbal dietary supplements were found contaminated with lead, mercury, and/or arsenic.

Feeding meat and bone meal to farm animals may increase the levels of industrial pollutants in animal products.

The resulting loss of child intelligence linked to maternal fish consumption is estimated to cost billions in lost productivity.