Blizzard also negotiated major settlements over diet drugs and Ephedra supplements including products Fen-Phen and Metabolife.
In the late 19th century, the highly conservative Zoroastrians of Yazd (Iran) were found to use Ephedra (genus Ephedra), which was locally known as hum or homa and which they exported to the Indian Zoroastrians.
Ephedra | Ephedra (genus) | Ephedra californica | A representative of the ''genus'' Ephedra (genus) |
Ephedra californica, the California jointfir, California ephedra, desert tea or cañatillo, a plant species native to southern California, Arizona and Baja California
Metabolife took an active role in lobbying against regulation of ephedra, forming an advocacy group called the Dietary Supplement Safety and Science Coalition and contributing heavily to Congressmen Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.), among other politicians.
Flora in the reserve includes a coastal variety of Boxthorn, Ephedra aphylla, Calicotome villosa, the endemic Rumex rothschildianus, Iris atropurpurea, Lupin, and Tulipa agenensis sharonensis.