Magnesium Citrate Powder contains Lead

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Ok I found the posting mentioning its lead content here:(27 of 28 customers found this review helpful)Contains lead by dr. hollyfrom door county, wi:Comments about Gillham's Natural Vitality Natural Calm, 16 oz:I'm a medical professional who at first was pleased to find a nice-tasting magnesium supplement which I was taking to help with osteoporosis and electrolyte imbalances.Normally I recommend everyone check out supplements first at consumerlab, which independently tests products for contamination and to see if they really contain what the label contains (since supplements are not regulated in the USA)I didn't follow my own advice, and was dismayed to find that although most magnesium supplements passed their testing, this one failed, as well as a brand called Total Nutrition. I'm tossing this in the trash, sad to say. Here is what consumerlab has to say: * Gillham's Natural Vitality® Natural Calm, a powder, was found to contain 0.295 mcg of lead per teaspoon. It suggested a daily dose ranging from 1/2 teaspoon to 3 teaspoons per day which, at the higher end of the range, would exceed the State of California's limit of 0.5 mcg of lead – above which a warning label is required. Such lead exposure can be easily avoided when taking magnesium, as evidenced by the many other products that did not exceed this limit.* Total Nutrition Natural Amino Acid Chelated Magnesium provided only 28.8 mg of magnesium per tablet rather than the expected 100 mg.* Tropical Oasis™ Liquid Calcium Magnesium Orange Flavor contained only 45.4% of its labeled amount of magnesium. Instead of one tablespoon providing the promised 115 mg of magnesium, it provided only 52 mg. CL found the same problem with this product in 2007, when it was found to contain only 46.4% of the magnesium claimed. Ironically, at both times the product has boasted a "GMP" seal (suggesting that it was made under Good Manufacturing Practices) around which was written "Certified by an independent laboratory." The back label on this product noted, "Tropical Oasis believes in giving the consumer the most accurate information to allow the consumer to make informed choices."Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friendFranselSender: taca-usa Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:28:36 -0000To: <taca-usa >ReplyTo: taca-usa Subject: Re: Magnesium Citrate Powder Here is part of a post from another siteConsumer Labs found 0.295 mcg of lead per teaspoon (0.15 to 0.88 mcg of lead per day). http://www.consumerlab.com/--- In taca-usa , franselw@... wrote:>> Thanks . I will investigate.> Fransel> > Re: Magnesium Citrate Powder> > There is a website which tests supplements. It found natural calm to contain high levels of lead or mercury, I don't remember which.> > > > > >> > I found this product at the Vitamin Shoppe - Natural Calm by Natural Vitality - Ingredients: ionic magnesium citrate (created from a highly absorbable proprietary blend of citric acid and magnesium carbonate). Apparently good for elimination and has calming properties. Has anyone tried this product? I forgot to look at the calcium citrate complex to see if it is free of stearates. Practically all capsules have magnesium stearate, stearic acid or silicon dioxide. I think the powder forms don't have them.> > Fransel> >> > > > > >