By Dan Hurley. 336 pp. New York, Broadway Books, 2006. $23.95. ISBN 978-0-7679-2042-1.
The health sections of bookstores are crowded with books thatpromote the use of herbal and other "natural" remedies but containfew that disclose the dangers and uncertain efficacies of theseproducts. Natural Causes skillfully interweaves the storiesof people who were harmed by such products with accounts ofthe political machinations that have allowed their manufacturersto flourish during the past decade. The author, Dan Hurley,a journalist and investigative reporter, has written an engrossingbook that should help to offset the indiscriminate promotionof these products in books and other media. The events he relatesare documented in . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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