animal medicinals

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, JulieJ8 <Juliej8@b...> wrote:

> Simon, how does mercury get into the E Jiao? And how did you find out about

> this?

 

 

I don't know the answer to this, but it does raise an issue of importance.

Heavy metals are

far more concentrated in animal products than plants. Chinese animal medicinals

(like e

jiao) probably have high heavy metal content and are often rancid due to poor

preservation and storage. We need much higher standards for animal medicinals;

they do

not even meet food standards. We sliced some ge jie the other day and it was

infested

with live larvae squirming around. How may companies just grind huge amounts of

these

herbs without careful inspection. Add in the factor of inhuman treatment of

animals in

China and I generally oppose most use of chinese animal medicinals.