27, the I-Team received an email from a person who claimed to be a CVS cashier. 'It's really just alcohol and water,' d'Entremont said.Īfter the NBC4 report was broadcast Oct. Pursuit suspect drives down embankment trying to evade police near Norwalk
But she said there was 'no laxative effect whatsoever.'
She rinsed her mouth with a Diet Coke, waited a half-hour and gave herself a breath test that showed she was well above the legal limit.
Known as the 'Sci-Babe' on YouTube, d'Entremont recorded herself opening and drinking six bottles of the laxative - each has 1 fluid ounce of liquid. Science blogger Yvette d'Entremont, an analytical chemist, conducted an unusual experiment to demonstrate the potential impact of the laxative. In an I-Team report broadcast last month, the teenage daughter of an NBC4 producer was recorded on video buying a bottle of the laxative, no questions asked. The policy includes declining sale of more than one bottle, which lists 20 percent alcohol as an inactive ingredient, to anyone who appears under the age of 21. Link: FDA Homeopathic Product RegulationsĪ spokesman for CVS confirmed the policy changes, outlined in an email to CVS employees, regarding CVS Constipation Relief. A national pharmacy chain issued a new directive to its employees when it comes to the sale of homeopathic medicine, policy changes that resulted from an NBC4 I-Team consumer investigation.
