I've recently become a ginseng freak, consuming several vials of extract
per day in the belief that it is a stimulant. But while I haven't read
anything that indicates that extended ginseng use is harmful, I am
concerned about toxins because it comes from China and that country's
environment is a disaster due to recent industrialization.

The extract boasts of being made from six-year-old ginseng roots, and
I'm thinking that's six years the plant is exposed to pesticides, heavy
metals, and other pollutants. In just last week's newspaper there was
an excellent article on the rising number of cases of lead poisoning in
China, with schoolkids having blood levels hundreds of times higher
than allowable limits in the West. While organic produce is all the
rage in the West, Chinese produce must be the exact opposite of organic,
so full of contaminants it probably glows in the dark. And an herbal
extract would be especially vulnerable as the contaminants would be
much more concentrated. Has anyone actually analyzed samples of these
products?

Hi,

brainfart wrote:

I am
concerned about toxins because it comes from China and that country's
environment is a disaster due to recent industrialization.

Chose Korean Ginseng - it's way better. I've seen it grown a few days
ago in a beautiful landscape, protected from rain by foil, but the
sides of the foilhouse were open.

Bye, Sanne.