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March 8, 2016
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Shawn Buckley’s Response to the Fifth Estate’s Vitamin and Supplements: Magic Pills Episode Dec 27/15

THE FIFTH ESTATE SHOW “MAGIC PILLS” HAS BEEN GENERATING SOME CONCERN AND SO I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THE PROGRAM For those who did not see the Program, it was largely based on a dated 2013 publication called DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products, published in...
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Halifax Professor Campaigns for Increased Access to Drug-safety Data Dec 23/15

BILL C-17 AMENDED TO ALLOW RELEASE OF “CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION” A Halifax professor is trying to shed new light on the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs by kick-starting an international letter-writing campaign asking Health Canada to release data it now keeps confidential. Read the full article published in The Globe and Mail on Dec....
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