Internet (Health)

FDA Warns Consumers on Dangerous Products Promoted on the Internet

Published in Sex Weekly Plus, July 21st, 1997

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to purchase certain unapproved products that pose significant, possibly life-threatening health risks.

The products in question, which are offered for sale on the Internet, are home abortion kits and female self-sterilization kits.

The abortion kit inaccurately touts itself as a "complete kit for early pregnancy termination without surgery ... scientifically proved safe and unrisky." The kit provides a combination of drugs that are not approved by FDA to terminate pregnancy. The agency conducted a health hazard assessment of this product and concluded that using the kit without...

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