When SUNIL SHAH died recently from acute renal failure, suspicious doctors tested his ayurvedic remedies for constipation and tonsillitis. They found massiveamounts of metals; enough to trigger the renal failure that killed the 34-year-old, they say. Their test findings
(all quantities in PPM, or parts per million):
| Metal | Limit of human tolerance/normal level | Level found in Shahs medicines |
| Arsenic | 0 to 1 | 7.5 (Stain method) |
| Lead | 0 to 1 | 11.64 |
| Cadmium | 0 to 1 | 1.08 |
| Copper | 0 to 1 | 1,617 |
| Mercury | 2 | 4,000 to 7,000 (in 2 different sets of tablets) |
