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Article: Supplements under siege: legislation is working its way through Congress that could shelve nutritional supplements for good. Men's Fitness, along with our sibling publications, investigates the bill that would be a bitter pill for fitness buffs. (MF Special Report).(S. 722, Dietary Supplement Safety Act)
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- Men's Fitness
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- August 1, 2003
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It won't make newspaper headlines until the battle is already lost, but the supplement industry is being attacked. And if you use supplements, so are you. The DHEA pill you just swallowed? Use it and soon you may see that acronym, minus the H, on the jacket of the federal agent cuffing you for using a controlled substance. The ephedra-free fat burner you're using to help shed a few pounds for a wedding or reunion? Find a good tailor instead. As for purchasing the hottest new supplement, you might as well hit car showrooms looking for an Edsel.
The threat to the supplement industry has arrived in the form of S. 722, a bill introduced to the Senate of the United ...