India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Published on India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia (http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in)

Home > News > Anbumani refutes report on Ayurvedic medicines > Anbumani refutes report on Ayurvedic medicines

Anbumani refutes report on Ayurvedic medicines [1]

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday said none of the Ayurvedic medicines exported by leading Indian manufacturers has toxic heavy metals beyond permissible limits.

Denying a report in a U.S. journal that detectable levels of lead, mercury or arsenic were found in some Ayurvedic products, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss said drug samples were tested after the report and nothing wrong was found.

Publication Date: 
20/12/2008
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Ayurveda [3], Drugs [4], Hazardous Products [5], Exports [6], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [7]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

Technology Partners: MimirTech


India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India License.


Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/anbumani-refutes-report-ayurvedic-medicines

Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/anbumani-refutes-report-ayurvedic-medicines
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ayurveda
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hazardous-products
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/exports
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-health-and-family-welfare