Supplement Dangers: Are your vitamins processed with hexane?

Dr. Axe

Many of us take vitamins and other supplements regularly in hope they will make us healthier and maybe to fill in gaps in less than perfect diets. But, the significant problem with the supplement industry is that many companies do not disclose toxic solvents used to process the vitamins they make. Of particular concern is a substance called hexane, generally used as an industrial-strength cleaner,  degreaser and a component in gasoline, but is also used in a variety of supplements and other natural food products to extract certain nutritional components.

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Feds' Crusade Against Worker Misclassification Just Got Bigger

The Department of Labor (DOL) is adding firepower in its fight against companies that commit worker classification mistakes. 

As part of its 2012 budget request, the DOL is planning on allocating $150,000 to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to train its safety inspectors to spot worker classification errors.

More money, more investigations

As a result of these increased enforcement efforts, the DOL says its Wage and Hour Division will conduct approximately 3,250 additional investigations, targeting employers in industries with higher rates of violations — such as construction, home health care and landscaping.

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