Ayurvedic medicine tainted with heavy metals in B.C., linked to lead poisoning case

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 9:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Fraser Health says a lawsuit of pb poisoning successful Surrey, B.C., has been connected to unauthorized Ayurvedic alternate medicine, prompting a informing astir the products being sold astatine a market store successful the city.

The wellness authorization says the products that were sold astatine the All successful One Wholesale Cash and Carry connected 85th Avenue potentially incorporate dense metals including mercury, pb and arsenic. 

It says an probe recovered immoderate of the store's Ayurvedic products — which are portion of an alternate medicine strategy originating successful South Asia — were not approved by Health Canada. 

Fraser Health says immoderate of the contaminated products incorporate precocious levels of dense metals and whitethorn airs "serious wellness risks" for consumers."

The wellness authorization says the products astatine the store person been seized. 

Fraser Health says radical should take Ayurvedic products approved by Health Canada, which tin beryllium identified by searching the national agency's database.

It says authorized products transportation an eight-digit recognition number.

The wellness authorization says anyone who bought the unauthorized products should halt utilizing them instantly and discard of them.

Fraser Health says symptoms of mild pb poisoning see fatigue, headaches, musculus pain, and vomiting, portion terrible cases tin impact seizures, reduced consciousness and numbness.

Exposure during gestation tin harm unborn children portion young children tin endure imperishable deafness.