Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We've just seen that science is vital. We all know people who have been affected by a molecular interaction. Some people have even become pregnant. I'm talking about St. John's wort, to name just one example. Be careful, ladies.
I'll begin the discussion by quoting from a brief submitted by the Centre antipoison du Québec:Data collected … show a constant increase in natural health product exposures in recent years … 2,262 cases were reported in the first six months of 2026 alone. More than 40% of these reports involved children [all young people] under the age of five, and about 15% involved seniors over the age of 70. Over a third of people who were exposed showed signs or symptoms of poisoning, 22% needed to be assessed in a health care facility, and more than 80 people a year have experienced clinical effects of more than moderate severity.
Ms. Faisal, in your practice, what are the main risks when patients take natural health products along with prescription medications?