Taking Hatch to the mat
Don't be surprised if you see Sen. Orrin Hatch in a Salt Lake City movie theater this weekend.
The Utah Republican is mentioned prominently in the documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*," a look at the rise of steroids in American sports and life (which opens today at the Broadway Centre Cinemas), though not in a way that would flatter him.
Director Christopher Bell points out that because of Hatch's shameless legislating to keep the dietary-supplements industry unregulated. Because of Hatch's work, Bell says, anyone can throw pretty much anything semi-edible into a bottle of nonfat dry milk and call it a dietary supplement - and Bell actually does this in the movie (with his own before-and-after photo, pictured at right, on the label).
Companies in Utah, Bell points out, produce about a quarter of the supplements sold in the United States - a $240 billion-a-year industry.
The Utah Republican is mentioned prominently in the documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster*," a look at the rise of steroids in American sports and life (which opens today at the Broadway Centre Cinemas), though not in a way that would flatter him.
Director Christopher Bell points out that because of Hatch's shameless legislating to keep the dietary-supplements industry unregulated. Because of Hatch's work, Bell says, anyone can throw pretty much anything semi-edible into a bottle of nonfat dry milk and call it a dietary supplement - and Bell actually does this in the movie (with his own before-and-after photo, pictured at right, on the label).Companies in Utah, Bell points out, produce about a quarter of the supplements sold in the United States - a $240 billion-a-year industry.
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