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Are Herbs Mostly Safe Because They Are Natural? 

All drugs have side effects including over-the-counter medicine (Morelli, 2022). Around 100,00 people die yearly in the U.S. from side effects from pharmaceutical drugs (Karimi et al., 2015). 8% of all hospitalizations in the country result from medications. 

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Safety of Green Tea and Implications of Animal Studies

One benefit of animal studies is that it researches concerns that may not be ethical to test in people. However, because of the differences in biology along with clinical conditions, animal testing may not provide an accurate picture of how an herb may react in a person.

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