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February 27, 2007

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23 YEARS OF DOCUMENTED VITAMIN SAFETY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, February 27, 2007

23 YEARS OF DOCUMENTED VITAMIN SAFETY

(OMNS, Feb 27, 2007) Over a twenty-three year period, vitamins have been

connected with the deaths of a total of ten people in the United States. Poison

control statistics confirm that more Americans die each year from eating soap

than from taking vitamins.

Where are the bodies?

A 23-year review of US poison control center annual reports (1) tells a

remarkable and largely ignored story: vitamins are extraordinarily safe.

Annual deaths alleged from vitamins:

2005: zero

2004: two

2003: two

2002: one

2001: zero

2000: zero

1999: zero

1998: zero

1997: zero

1996: zero

1995: zero

1994: zero

1993: one

1992: zero

1991: two

1990: one

1989: zero

1988: zero

1987: one

1986: zero

1985: zero

1984: zero

1983: zero

The zeros are not due to a lack of reporting. The American Association of Poison

Control Centers (AAPCC), which maintains the USAâ€™s national database of

information from 61 poison control centers, has noted that vitamins are among

the 16 most reported substances. Even including intentional and accidental

misuse, the number of alleged vitamin fatalities is strikingly low, averaging

less than one death per year for more than two decades. In 16 of those 23 years,

AAPCC reports that there was not one single death due to vitamins.

These statistics specifically include vitamin A, niacin (B-3), pyridoxine (B-6),

other B-complex, C, D, E, " other " vitamin(s), such as vitamin K, and multiple

vitamins without iron. Minerals, which are chemically and nutritionally

different from vitamins, have an excellent safety record as well, but not quite

as good as vitamins. On the average, one or two fatalities per year are

typically attributed to iron poisoning from gross overdosing on supplemental

iron. Deaths attributed to other supplemental minerals are very rare. Even iron,

although not as safe as vitamins, accounts for fewer deaths than do laundry and

dishwashing detergents.

References:

1. Annual Reports of the American Association of Poison Control Centers'

National Poisoning and Exposure Database (formerly known as the Toxic Exposure

Surveillance System). AAPCC, 3201 New Mexico Avenue, Ste. 330, Washington, DC

20016. Download any report from1983-2005 at http://www.aapcc.org/annual.htm free

of charge. The " Vitamin " category is usually near the end of the report.

For 2005 http://www.aapcc.org/Annual%20Reports/05report/2005%20Publsihed.pdf

For 2004

http://www.aapcc.org/Annual%20Reports/04report/AJEM%20-%20AAPCC%20Annual%20Repor\

t%202004.pdf

For 2003

http://www.aapcc.org/Annual%20Reports/03report/Annual%20Report%202003.pdf

For any other year: http://www.aapcc.org/annual.htm

Nutritional Medicine is Orthomolecular Medicine

Linus Pauling defined orthomolecular medicine as " the treatment of disease by

the provision of the optimum molecular environment, especially the optimum

concentrations of substances normally present in the human body. " Orthomolecular

medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy to fight illness. For more

information: http://www.orthomolecular.org

The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service is a non-profit and

non-commercial informational resource.

Editorial Review Board:

Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.

Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.

Bradford Weeks, M.D.

Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.

Erik Paterson, M.D.

Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.

Steve Hickey, Ph.D.

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February 27, 2007

" Iron-overload is a big problem and is a leading cause of accidental poisoning

in kids.

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