Quacks like a duck.

• Author: Cerier, Steven
• Position: Letters

I read your article "Scorin' with Orrin" (September 2001) and, while I agree with your sentiments, I also believe that you should have been even more critical of the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act (DHSEA). George Orwell would have loved the name of this piece of legislation. It is not an educational act. Instead, it is an "Encouragement of Fraud and Quackery Act" I believe that most of the public is under the illusion that dietary supplements are regulated by the Food and Drug Association (FDA). After all, they probably can't believe that the government would allow the...