I smell dog sized rats with this.
To start with, big pharma has been trying to totally wipe out the supplements industry for a long time, and have been particularly dishonest about doing so. In recent years, they have gone so far as to say that vitamins should be banned unless through a doctor’s prescription (at 10x-1000x the cost, unsaid).
And they have come very close to their goal several times. During at least two of these, only senator Orrin Hatch stood in their way.
In past, claims that OTC supplements were adulterated or counterfeit have been used before. And the major producers of supplements have gone to lengths to insure their products are what they say they are. Including using independent quality control testing organizations.
So let’s allow this sensational headline to rest a while and see if it holds up under scrutiny.
The article doesn’t mention WHERE these pills were manufactured. China . . .