Why are apricot seeds banned in the U.S.A?

I found a reasonable explaination at this link http://www.cancure.org/unapproved_by_FDA... but was wondering if anyone could come up with a better reason.

Why are apricot seeds banned in the U.S.A?
The American Cancer Society and the FDA have a list of "Unproven Methods" for cancer. As you might expect, the criteria for getting on this list are predictable: - in a natural form

- non-toxic

- not produced by the Drug Industry

- easily available without a prescription

- non-patentable



Opus, like most people in the medical field you are in a major state of denial. Ralph Moss left the Sloan-Kettering Institute when they refused to publish their findings on Laetrile. It didn’t work on all cancers, but it had stopped metastases 100% of the time.



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Reply:It's ridiculous isn't it? If you want to rid yourself of cancer, you have to leave the country...
Reply:Vitamin B17 was the subject of great controversy over 20 years ago when some of the world's top scientists claimed that when consumed, the components of the seed make it 100% impossible to develop cancer and will kill existing cancer in most cases. The pharmaceutical companies pounced on this claim immediately and demanded that FDA studies be conducted.



Vitamin B-17, also know as Laetrile and Amygdalin is found in most fruit seeds... namely apricot seeds. The apricot seed was claimed as the cure for all cancers over 35 years ago.



It was even more strongly claimed that when one eats about 7 apricot seeds per day they can never develop cancer, just as one can never get scurvy if they have an orange every day, or pellagra if they have some B vitamins every day.



The pharmaceuticals companies together with the medical establishment pushed the FDA into making it illegal to sell "raw" apricot seeds or vitamin B17 with information about its effects on cancer. Even to this day, you can't get raw apricot seeds in your health food store, only the sun dried ones which have all the important enzymes killed off.



Pharmaceutical companies only conduct studies on patented chemicals they invent so that at the end of their study, if the drug gets approved, they have sole rights on its sale. (They make back tons more than the mere 250 million that they invested) They never do studies on foods that can't be patented and that can be sold by any supermarket.
Reply:apricot seeds not allowed in U.S.A. I better cut down that tree then. Don't want the FDA after me. Next they'll be goin after my peach pits.
Reply:It is not apricot seeds specifically, but Laetrile, a compound derived from apricot seeds that is supposed to help with cancer.

It is legal in Mexico. Many people cross the border here for treatment.
Reply:Don't know who told you that, I've eaten them before, here is my favorite source for them: http://www.sunorganicfarm.com/Merchant2/...

This company is in California
Reply:I think apricot seeds are also referred to as laetrile. a dicey form of cancer treatment Supposedly it shouldn't be taken unsupervised, but cancer treatment is big business in the U.S. and knowing the strengths of the cancerous parasitic lobby's, getting rid of cancer would be unprofitable
Reply:Partly because they contain cyanide.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_...



Partly because they're promoted as "curing cancer" without any scientific evidence.
Reply:They're not banned. I have apricot seeds in my facial scrub (St. Ives) and spit them out when I eat apricots all the time.



If you're talking about for some alternative medicine use, it is probably due to a lack of reliable research than can be duplicated.
Reply:Wow. That's the first I've heard of it! Thanks for informing me.
Reply:because if we cured cancer, a lot of people would be out of a job. There is a lot of money to be made from people with cancer. How many times do you see ads and notices for benefits for people either sick with cancer, or just died from cancer and they want to raise money to help the family? I live in a small town and there have been dozens around here in the past year or so. I've decided that if either I or my husband develops cancer, we are NOT going the standard route. They pump you full of poison, it makes you sicker, they take all your money and lots of money from your family and friends, and you still die.
Reply:If you can buy apricots then you have seeds
Reply:I never knew that! But wait, if apricot seeds are banned, then are apricots banned?
Reply:I didn't know they were banned.



But can't I just take the seeds out of a ripe apricot? hmmmm....
Reply:It's not so much that the seeds are banned, as it it illegal to market the seeds as a treatment or cure for Cancer, or to prescribe or advise any treatment involving laetrile.