Woman claims lead poisoning from Maharishi herbal product

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Woman claims lead poisoning from Maharishi herbal product

 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she

contracted lead poisoning from a Maharishi herbal product.

Frances Gaskell, of Maharishi Vedic City, filed the lawsuit in U.S.

District Court against Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corp.,

Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation and Maharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd. In

the lawsuit, Gaskell claims defective product, breach of warranty and

failure to warn.

Gaskell also claims the groups, along with Maharishi Ayurveda

Arogyadham, a clinic in Delhi, India, and Dr. J.R. Raju, a physician

at the clinic, are guilty of misrepresentation and conspiracy.

 

Robert Roth, a spokesman for Maharishi Vedic Education Development

Corp., said the company is not involved in the manufacturing,

prescribing or sale of products from the Indian clinic.

 

Ayurveda is a form of alternative health care from India marketed by

the Maharishi and his followers.

 

''We have no knowledge concerning the preparations Mrs. Gaskell

allegedly obtained directly from India, apparently from another

source,'' Roth said.

Gaskell claims in the lawsuit that Dr. Raju prescribed the herb

Garbhapal Ras for her in December 2006 when she was four months

pregnant. After she took the herb, she began to feel lethargic, she

felt numbness in her hands and feet and she suffered back and

abdominal pain.

 

Tests done in April 2007 showed she had a blood lead level of 102

micrograms per deciliter more than 20 times the level considered safe

by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Gaskell underwent therapy to filter out the lead, but her child was

born with an elevated blood lead level of 60 micrograms per deciliter.

Tests done by the Iowa Department of Public Health showed Garbhapal

Ras was made up of nearly 3 percent lead. Maharishi Ayuveda Products

Ltd. is listed on the bottle as the manufacturer, the lawsuit said.

 

Roth said numerous companies sell Maharishi Ayurveda herbs and

treatments in the United States and that he understands the products

are subject to testing, inspection and quality control.

 

''These products have been on the market for 30 years, and it's the

first time I've heard of anything like this,'' added Steve Yellin,

media spokesman for the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield.

 

 

Caldecott

todd

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[Guest guest]

Who should we believe?

 

ayurveda , Todd Caldecott <todd

wrote:

>

> Woman claims lead poisoning from Maharishi herbal product

>

> DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she

> contracted lead poisoning from a Maharishi herbal product.

> Frances Gaskell, of Maharishi Vedic City, filed the lawsuit in

U.S.

> District Court against Maharishi Vedic Education Development

Corp.,

> Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation and Maharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd.

In

> the lawsuit, Gaskell claims defective product, breach of warranty

and

> failure to warn.

> Gaskell also claims the groups, along with Maharishi Ayurveda

> Arogyadham, a clinic in Delhi, India, and Dr. J.R. Raju, a

physician

> at the clinic, are guilty of misrepresentation and conspiracy.

>

> Robert Roth, a spokesman for Maharishi Vedic Education Development

> Corp., said the company is not involved in the manufacturing,

> prescribing or sale of products from the Indian clinic.

>

> Ayurveda is a form of alternative health care from India marketed

by

> the Maharishi and his followers.

>

> ''We have no knowledge concerning the preparations Mrs. Gaskell

> allegedly obtained directly from India, apparently from another

> source,'' Roth said.

> Gaskell claims in the lawsuit that Dr. Raju prescribed the herb

> Garbhapal Ras for her in December 2006 when she was four months

> pregnant. After she took the herb, she began to feel lethargic,

she

> felt numbness in her hands and feet and she suffered back and

> abdominal pain.

>

> Tests done in April 2007 showed she had a blood lead level of 102

> micrograms per deciliter more than 20 times the level considered

safe

> by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

>

> Gaskell underwent therapy to filter out the lead, but her child

was

> born with an elevated blood lead level of 60 micrograms per

deciliter.

> Tests done by the Iowa Department of Public Health showed

Garbhapal

> Ras was made up of nearly 3 percent lead. Maharishi Ayuveda

Products

> Ltd. is listed on the bottle as the manufacturer, the lawsuit said.

>

> Roth said numerous companies sell Maharishi Ayurveda herbs and

> treatments in the United States and that he understands the

products

> are subject to testing, inspection and quality control.

>

> ''These products have been on the market for 30 years, and it's

the

> first time I've heard of anything like this,'' added Steve Yellin,

> media spokesman for the Maharishi University of Management in

Fairfield.

>

>

>

Caldecott

> todd

> www.toddcaldecott.com

>

[Guest guest]

So lets have the ACTUAL name of the product so it can be EASILY checked, MAPI in

India makes a few products with " heavy metal " bhasmas reserved for the domestic

Indian market, one example is Energol, a vajikarana product with Markaradwaj,

but the amount is so low. It was once rumoured that MMY followers in the US took

it. Their products are lab tested like no other products. If this woman imported

some of the domestic products through another source it will be discovered. But

let us have the name of the product, otherwise we cannot know if they actually

made it. Some of the MA products are also outsourced to other companies.

 

chotawa <chotawa wrote:

 

Who should we believe?

 

ayurveda , Todd Caldecott <todd

wrote:

>

> Woman claims lead poisoning from Maharishi herbal product

>

> DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she

> contracted lead poisoning from a Maharishi herbal product.

> Frances Gaskell, of Maharishi Vedic City, filed the lawsuit in

U.S.

> District Court against Maharishi Vedic Education Development

Corp.,

> Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation and Maharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd.

In

> the lawsuit, Gaskell claims defective product, breach of warranty

and

> failure to warn.

> Gaskell also claims the groups, along with Maharishi Ayurveda

> Arogyadham, a clinic in Delhi, India, and Dr. J.R. Raju, a

physician

> at the clinic, are guilty of misrepresentation and conspiracy.

>

> Robert Roth, a spokesman for Maharishi Vedic Education Development

> Corp., said the company is not involved in the manufacturing,

> prescribing or sale of products from the Indian clinic.

>

> Ayurveda is a form of alternative health care from India marketed

by

> the Maharishi and his followers.

>

> ''We have no knowledge concerning the preparations Mrs. Gaskell

> allegedly obtained directly from India, apparently from another

> source,'' Roth said.

> Gaskell claims in the lawsuit that Dr. Raju prescribed the herb

> Garbhapal Ras for her in December 2006 when she was four months

> pregnant. After she took the herb, she began to feel lethargic,

she

> felt numbness in her hands and feet and she suffered back and

> abdominal pain.

>

> Tests done in April 2007 showed she had a blood lead level of 102

> micrograms per deciliter more than 20 times the level considered

safe

> by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

>

> Gaskell underwent therapy to filter out the lead, but her child

was

> born with an elevated blood lead level of 60 micrograms per

deciliter.

> Tests done by the Iowa Department of Public Health showed

Garbhapal

> Ras was made up of nearly 3 percent lead. Maharishi Ayuveda

Products

> Ltd. is listed on the bottle as the manufacturer, the lawsuit said.

>

> Roth said numerous companies sell Maharishi Ayurveda herbs and

> treatments in the United States and that he understands the

products

> are subject to testing, inspection and quality control.

>

> ''These products have been on the market for 30 years, and it's

the

> first time I've heard of anything like this,'' added Steve Yellin,

> media spokesman for the Maharishi University of Management in

Fairfield.

>

>

>

Caldecott

> todd

> www.toddcaldecott.com

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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but correct me if I am wrong, if we take any bhasma the ah of the metal should

be transformed so that it is no longer like the metal and the metal should no

longer be poisonous.

So one should not get heavy metal poioning from bhasma if it is made properly.

 

Ole Alstrup <alstrup wrote:

So lets have the ACTUAL name of the product so it can be EASILY

checked, MAPI in India makes a few products with " heavy metal " bhasmas reserved

for the domestic Indian market, one example is Energol, a vajikarana product

with Markaradwaj, but the amount is so low. It was once rumoured that MMY

followers in the US took it. Their products are lab tested like no other

products. If this woman imported some of the domestic products through another

source it will be discovered. But let us have the name of the product, otherwise

we cannot know if they actually made it. Some of the MA products are also

outsourced to other companies.

 

chotawa <chotawa wrote:

 

Who should we believe?

 

ayurveda , Todd Caldecott <todd

wrote:

>

> Woman claims lead poisoning from Maharishi herbal product

>

> DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming she

> contracted lead poisoning from a Maharishi herbal product.

> Frances Gaskell, of Maharishi Vedic City, filed the lawsuit in

U.S.

> District Court against Maharishi Vedic Education Development

Corp.,

> Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation and Maharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd.

In

> the lawsuit, Gaskell claims defective product, breach of warranty

and

> failure to warn.

> Gaskell also claims the groups, along with Maharishi Ayurveda

> Arogyadham, a clinic in Delhi, India, and Dr. J.R. Raju, a

physician

> at the clinic, are guilty of misrepresentation and conspiracy.

>

> Robert Roth, a spokesman for Maharishi Vedic Education Development

> Corp., said the company is not involved in the manufacturing,

> prescribing or sale of products from the Indian clinic.

>

> Ayurveda is a form of alternative health care from India marketed

by

> the Maharishi and his followers.

>

> ''We have no knowledge concerning the preparations Mrs. Gaskell

> allegedly obtained directly from India, apparently from another

> source,'' Roth said.

> Gaskell claims in the lawsuit that Dr. Raju prescribed the herb

> Garbhapal Ras for her in December 2006 when she was four months

> pregnant. After she took the herb, she began to feel lethargic,

she

> felt numbness in her hands and feet and she suffered back and

> abdominal pain.

>

> Tests done in April 2007 showed she had a blood lead level of 102

> micrograms per deciliter more than 20 times the level considered

safe

> by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

>

> Gaskell underwent therapy to filter out the lead, but her child

was

> born with an elevated blood lead level of 60 micrograms per

deciliter.

> Tests done by the Iowa Department of Public Health showed

Garbhapal

> Ras was made up of nearly 3 percent lead. Maharishi Ayuveda

Products

> Ltd. is listed on the bottle as the manufacturer, the lawsuit said.

>

> Roth said numerous companies sell Maharishi Ayurveda herbs and

> treatments in the United States and that he understands the

products

> are subject to testing, inspection and quality control.

>

> ''These products have been on the market for 30 years, and it's

the

> first time I've heard of anything like this,'' added Steve Yellin,

> media spokesman for the Maharishi University of Management in

Fairfield.

>

>

>

Caldecott

> todd

> www.toddcaldecott.com

>

 

 

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