Health Blog-WSJ : Heparin Likely Cut With Cheap Counterfeit Ingredient

Health Blog-WSJ : Heparin Likely Cut With Cheap Counterfeit Ingredient: "More details may are coming into focus on the contaminated blood thinner that has been linked to hundreds of serious problems and 19 deaths. Citing interviews with researchers in the U.S. and China, the New York Times reports that the contaminant was likely made in China from animal cartilage, chemically altered to act like heparin, and added intentionally to batches of the drug’s active ingredient."