Online retailers were today accused of allowing cancer patients to be exploited by sellers offering a cyanide ‘supplement’.
Amygdalin — naturally found in apricot pips, cherry seeds and raw nuts — has been touted as an alternative cancer cure for decades by quacks.
There’s no evidence it works, though.
Experts warn it can be dangerous because the substance turns into cyanide inside the body. In extreme cases, people have even died from taking the substance.
Proponents wrongly claim the resulting