Federal lawsuit, Atlanta attorney claims organic ‘cure-all’ contains toxic ingredients - WSB Atlanta

ATLANTA — An Atlanta-based attorney has filed a federal lawsuit against a popular supplement company after he received complaints from numerous people with concerns that the product is not the miracle substance the company says it is, and after independent lab results confirmed his fears.

Matt Wetherington says he’s suing the Canadian-based company BlackOxygen Organics on behalf of Georgia customers and anyone else in the country who purchased the company’s pills and powders.

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“We begin to receive inquiries and calls on our website with people having problems and issues,” said Wetherington. “Ultimately, we sent the products out for independent testing, and then when that came back and showed that there were toxic heavy metals at an unsafe level, that’s when we knew we had to act.”

According to the complaint, the supplements at issue contain dangerously high levels of toxic heavy metals that render them unsafe and unfit for their intended use.

“They want you to eat it. They want you to bathe in it. They want you to give it to your children, and they want you to eat it while you’re nursing and pregnant,” he added. “They say it’s a ‘cure-all’ for all kinds of health issues, but they’re marketing to vulnerable people who already have health problems.”

“At the end of the day, this product is literally dirt,” he added.

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On its website, BlackOxygen Organics, or “BOO,” describes its process, writing that it starts with extracting the mud from a bog that is rich in fulvic acid, then they dry it and distribute it to their sales reps who sell the pills and powders to their customers.

Channel 2 Action News reached out to the company for comment, but our calls and emails haven’t been returned.

In the meantime, former customers, like Amy Roberts, who is not a plaintiff on the lawsuit, are warning others about their awful experiences.

The 50-year-old self-proclaimed fitness guru says she was looking for something to take away her shoulder pain, but after using the products for four weeks, she found herself in even worse pain.

“Severe, severe stomach pains,” she said. “I was doubled over in bed. I had extreme fatigue and was also vomiting.”

Right now, there are no active recalls in the U.S., but in September, Canadian health officials issued a recall, claiming “these products are being marketed as fulvic acid supplement(s); however, this use and the quantity of fulvic acid provided by these products has not been evaluated or authorized by Health Canada.”

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“This is about money. This is about greed. This is about selling literal dirt that you found in a bog to try and get as much money as quickly as possible,” Roberts said.

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