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2025-05-22 14:11:32 UTC - HELPFUL
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Bitter almonds are not banned in the US, though promoting them as cancer treatments is prohibited due to lack of effectiveness and safety concerns. Jason Vale was sentenced to prison for selling apricot seeds as a cancer cure: https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/01/fake-news-apricot-seeds-did-not-cure-mans-cancer.html https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/meta-programme-fact-checks/no-bitter-almond-tree-doesnt-cure-cancer-isnt-banned-us https://www.webmd.com/cancer/amygdalin-cancer-treatment https://fullfact.org/health/vitamin-B17-cancer/ “Vitamin B17” isn't actually a vitamin: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/b17-vitamin https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6513327/
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