Articles

• Consumers Union Praises FDA Move To Ban Ephedra
  (Dec 30 2003)
• Ephedra: Heart dangers in disguise
  (Consumer Reports January 2004)
• Testimony On Dietary Supplements Before The Senate Commerce Committee
  (Oct 28 2003)
  
• Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedra: Health Risks and FDA's Oversight
  by Marcia G. Crosse, acting director, health care
  before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
  House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  (GAO web site July 23 2003)
• Psychosis Related to Ephedra-containing Herbal Supplement Use (PDF format only)
  Southern Medical Association 2003
  
• Working to Get Ephedra Banned
  Consumer Reports June 2003
  
• The American Heart Association urges ban of Ephedra.
  (AHA web site 4/3/03)
  
• Athlete's Death Spotlights Controversy Over Ephedra and Lookalikes
  special report
  (Consumer Reports March 2003) 
  
• Dietary Supplements: Review of Health-Related Call Records for Users of Metabolife
  United States General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Wellness and Human Rights, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives (March 2003)
  Report Highlights (pdf 65k) Download Full Report (pdf 531k)
  
• Working to Get Ephedra Banned
  (Consumer Reports Online 02/03)
  
• Sports Supplement Dangers
  Consumer Reports Magazine 
  (6/21/01)
  
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Consumers Union Letters and Press Releases on Ephedra

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Recent Media Articles on Ephedra

San Diego Union Tribune Tue Sep 9 2003 Assembly Approves Ephedra Ban
Reuters Wed Jul 23 2003 "Lawmaker Threatens Tougher Ephedra Regulation"
AP Thur Jul 24 2003 "FDA Considers Banning Diet Supplement"
AdAge.com Wed Jul 16 2003 "Drug Store Chains to Cease Ephedra Diet Sales"
The New Times June 11, 2003 "Albany Leaders Reach Accord on Ephedra Ban"
The Ledger May 22, 2003 "Bush Bans Sale of Supplements"
United Press International May 16, 2003 "Illinois Bans Ephedra"
Associated Press May 02 2003 "GNC Says It Will Stop Selling Ephedra"
Los Angeles Times February 19, 2003 "Drug Tied to Death of Pitcher" by Mike Bresnahan
San Jose Mercury News February 19, 2003 "Pitcher's Death Spotlights Stimulant" by Jessica Portner
San Jose Mercury News February 19, 2003 "Coroner Focuses On Player's Diet Pills"
The New York Times February 19, 2003 "Baseball Has Failed to Confront Drugs" by George Vecsey
The New York Times February 19, 2003 "Coroner Learns Bechler Was Using Weight-Loss Aid" by Murray Chass
The New York Times February 19, 2003 "Players Seek Every Edge in Modern Training Culture" by Buster Olney
The Washington Post February 20, 2003 "Death of A Ballplayer" The New York Times February 20, 2003 "Despite the Danger Warnings, Ephedra Sells. by Gina Kolata and Walt Bogdanich
The Sacramento Bee February 20, 2003 "Baseball Needs to Take Stand After Death" by Mark Kreidler
Los Angeles Times February 20, 2003 "FDA Investigating Effects of Drug"
Los Angeles Times February 20, 2003 "Too Many Unaware, Don't Care" by Diane Pucin
San Francisco Chronicle February 20, 2003 It's Time for Baseball to Follow IOC's Lead" by Gwen Knapp
Associated Press, February 18, 2003 "Weight-Loss Drug Probably Contributed to PItcher's Death, Medical Examiner Says" by Steven Wine
The San Diego Union-Tribune February 19, 2003 "Because They're Legal Doesn't Mean Supplements Are Safe" by Chris Jenkins
San Francisco Chroncle February 19, 2003 "Baseball Player's Death Renews
Debate Over Ephedra" by Ulysses Torassa and Chuck Squatriglia
Los Angeles Times February 21, 2003 "Take Ephedra Off the Shelves"
San Francisco Chronicle February 4, 2003 "STudy Urges Restrictions on Sale of Herb Ephedra" from Associated Press
The New York Times February 25, 2003 "Danger of an Herbal Supplement"
Sports Illustrated February 18, 2003 "Deadly Combinations--Autopsy Cites Ephedrine,Liver Problems, Hypertension"
CBS Evening News February 10, 2003 "Dangerous Enough To Ban?"
Associated Press FEbruary 24, 2003 "Consumers Union Calls For Baseball to Ban Ephedra"
San fRancisco Chroncile March 1, 2003 "STrong WArnings on Ephedra" by Guy Gugliotta
Time Magazine March 5, 2003 "It's Time to Rethink Ephedra Regulation" by Leon Jaroff
The New York Times March 13, 2003 "Tests Confirm Ephedra Was A Factor in Pitcher's Death" from Associated Press
The New York Times March 17, 2003 "Advertising--After A Pitcher's Death,
Marketers of Dietary Supplements Try to Dodge the Taint of Ephedra" by Nat Ives