Up until 1994, health supplements were regulated just like any other drug. The quack health supplement industry was centered in the State of Utah and Senator Orrin Hatch collected millions of dollars in campaign contributions to champion the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 which loosened regulations and treated so-called “health supplements” like food instead of drugs. He probably did more damage to the nation than Mitt Romney’s Private Equity activities.
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