- ConsumerLab.com
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ConsumerLab.com Type Private Industry Health care Founded 1999 Headquarters White Plains, NY, United States Key people Tod Cooperman, M.D. (President)
Lisa K. Sabin (VP for Business Development)
William R. Obermeyer, Ph.D. (VP for Research)Services Testing & Certification of Health products Website www.consumerlab.com ConsumerLab.com is a provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products. ConsumerLab.com was founded in 1999. It is subscription fee based.[1]
Its president is Tod Cooperman, M.D., who has given expert testimony on dietary supplement quality and regulation before committees of both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.[2][3] Its Vice President for Research is William Obermeyer, Ph.D., who had been a Natural Products Chemist testing dietary supplements within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for nine years before helping to found CL.[1]
ConsumerLab.com is affiliated with PharmacyChecker.com, an evaluator of online pharmacies, and MedicareDrugPlans.com, which reviews and rates Medicare Part D plans.[4]
According to Quackwatch, ConsumerLab.com, is "the leading provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate dietary supplements and herbs."[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "About ConsumerLab.com". Consumerlab.com. http://www.consumerlab.com/aboutcl.asp. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Testimony of Tod Cooperman, MD, President, ConsumerLab.com to Senate Special Committee on Aging - Subcommittee on Dietary Supplements" (PDF). U.S. Senate. 26 May 2010. http://aging.senate.gov/events/hr221tc.pdf. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "The Regulation of Dietary Supplements: A Review of Consumer Safeguards" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 March 2006. p. 184. http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house/pdf/109hrg/27187.pdf. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "ConsumerLab.com warns of problems with multivitamins and vitamin water". ConsumerLab.com. 31 March 2009. https://www.consumerlab.com/news/Multivitamin_Multimineral_Test_Results/03_31_2009/. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Consumer Protection Organizations". Quackwatch. http://www.quackwatch.org/02ConsumerProtection/conorgs.html. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
External links
- ConsumerLab.com
- ConsumerLab.com. Reviewed by Nancy R. Glassman, MLS, AHIP, Information Technology Librarian J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 October; 92(4): 509–510.
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