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Calling for federal action, watchdog says there’s no evidence dietary supplements for infertility help women get pregnant

A watchdog group is calling for federal action against 27 manufacturers of dietary supplements marketed as helping women become pregnant, but for which there's no evidence they're effective.
The nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest is petitioning the FDA to take enforcement action against 27 manufacturers of dietary supplements marketed as helping women become pregnant.

A health and science watchdog group petitioned federal regulators on Monday to take enforcement action against 27 manufacturers of dietary supplements marketed as helping women become pregnant, but for which the makers provided no scientific evidence of efficacy.

In letters to the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission, the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest said its nearly yearlong investigation of 39 “fertility” supplements — pills and powders

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