Dozens of batches of a blood pressure pills have been recalled due to being contaminated with ‘unacceptable’ levels of a potentially cancer causing chemical.
Pharmacies and health professionals were ordered to immediately stop supplying 44 batches of the drug irbesartan and quarantine all remaining stock after they were found to contain a substance called ABZT.
ABZT has been shown in lab tests to cause tumours if people are exposed to it over a long period of time.
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