Tougher health warnings on green tea extract spurred by Cornwall teen's illness

Health Canada has toughened warnings on green tea extracts, and a Cornwall teenager’s horrific experience a year-and-a-half ago was a significant part of the process.
Madeline Papineau, then 17, took the extract and soon after developed significant liver and kidney problems. Her experience, along with other people’s, prompted a federal safety review, and Health Canada has ordered a more explicit warning on labels of green tea extract products — over-the-counter pills that have