GAO Report Highlights complete a threat to senior citizens industry response
Dietary supplements and new therapies targeted at the elderly can lead to both physical damage and economic consequences for the aging population, says a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office. But he adds that this risk was not specifically designed as a first priority of public health or performance target for the federal or state regulatory authorities.
The report, health products for seniors, was Democrat John Breaux of Louisiana, chairman of the Senate, the Special Committee on Aging. On the day of the GAO report was issued (September 10), Sen. Breaux a hearing under the single title swindlers, Hucksters collaborators and Snake Oil: Hype and hope the sale of anti-products seniors.
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