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Morus alba has a long history of safe use in TCM, and the evidence implicating this herb with the death of a Congressman’s wife is inconclusive at best.
September 20, 2022
By: Erik Goldman
Editor in Chief
Herbal medicine experts and nutraceutical industry leaders have challenged a Sacramento County coroner’s conclusion that white mulberry leaf (Morus alba)—an herb with a long record of safe use—caused the death of Loretta McClintock, wife of Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA4). McClintock died unexpectedly on Dec. 15, 2021 at the age of 61. Her husband had returned home for the Congressional holiday recess and found his wife unresponsive. The initial death certificate, issued Dec. 20, said the immediate cause of death was “pending,” and mentioned an “accident pending investigation.” A Dec. 16 autopsy report insinuated that McClintock’s death might be due to severe dehydration, secondary to gastroenteritis, caused by “ingested white mulberry leaf.” In a subsequent report dated Mar. 10, 2022, the coroner definitively declared that McClintock’s death was due to “adverse effects of white mulberry leaf ingestion.” This report—and an updated death certificate—were not made public until July. The story made national headlines after an Aug. 24 report by Samantha Young in Kaiser Health News (KHN). The coroner’s assertion that mulberry leaf killed McClintock was based on the fact that during the autopsy, investigators found a 1 1/8 inch by 1 7/8 inch fragment of a leaf in McClintock’s stomach, which they claimed to be white mulberry. But the report gave no information on the analytical methods used to identify the plant in question. That did not stop the Kaiser reporter from laying blame for McClintock’s death on mulberry, or from stating that the tragedy “underscores the risks of the vast, booming market of dietary supplements and herbal remedies, which have grown into a $54 billion industry in the United States—one that both lawmakers and health care experts say needs more government scrutiny.” Predictably, the Kaiser article unleashed a deluge of “me-too” media reports, most of which were poorly researched, and which parroted the message that McClintock’s sad demise was caused by the “poorly regulated” and “highly-influential” dietary supplements industry.” Egregious headlines, like one from Newsweek “How Did Herbal Remedy Kill Lori McClintock?” peppered news feeds in the weeks after the Kaiser report. Industry organizations, including the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), and the Natural Products Association (NPA), responded quickly and forcefully, pointing out that the leaf in question may not actually be mulberry, and that the fragment found in McClintock’s stomach almost certainly did not come from a supplement. The nature of the plant material the coroners found suggests that McClintock had eaten uncooked, unprocessed leaf, which may—or may not—be mulberry.
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