Facebook has ads for dangerous supplements: Consumer Reports – CTV News Toronto

When you’re on social media you’re often inundated with various ads for everything from clothing, to food to booking a holiday. You’ll also see many ads for health supplements that make incredible claims, such as losing weight, improving memory, and curing diseases. An investigation by Consumer Reports found many supplements advertised on Facebook could actually be harmful to you. “We found ads and posts that promoted the use of some supplements that are dangerous or even illegal. For example, we found a series of posts from a verified Facebook page that promoted the use of comfrey, which is a dangerous supplement,” said Kaveh Waddell, an investigative reporter at Consumer Reports. Waddell also found a disturbing trend that some of the supplement ads targeted specific groups of people. “We found some ads that targeted people who Facebook thought were interested in diabetes awareness and Facebook was allowing marketers to put ads in front of those people that marketed things like a reverse diabetes kit. Now medical experts say that supplements, in general, can’t cure or reverse diabetes,” said Waddell. New Life USA took down that product listing, and its CEO told Consumer Reports he thinks people with diabetes should continue to
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