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The China Consumers Association recently issued a formal warning, urging
people to pay closer attention to the medicine they take.
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It is estimated that almost 200,000 people
die every year in China from taking old, fake, or inappropriate
medicine at home.
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In addition, 60-80% of China's
10 million deaf-mute cases are related to the use of inappropriate
medicine.
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than 5% of people admitted to the hospital each year in China suffer
from the bad effects of medicine they have taken themselves.
Many Chinese assume that expensive oral remedies,
which rarely have details of their contents or side effects listed, are
safe and effective cures for an array of common ailments.
Beijing Morning Post
September 28, 2000
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