Many herbals are contaminated with lead, cadmium, mercury, and
arsenic. In recent years, this has especially been an issue with
tongkat ali.
The European Commission has set the following limits for the four
pollutants, which are all powerful poisons when absorbed into
biological systems:
Lead < 10 ppm
The measurement ppm means parts per million (10000 ppm = 1%).
Test results from the Universitas Indonesia.
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UD Sumatra Pasak Bumi is a real company, not a spam trader on the
Internet. We are a company with genuine assets, several warehouses, a
large stock, production facilities, and genuine real estate. We aren't
just a URL, and have ample proof for that.
And we pride ourselves at giving absolute priority to product safety.
That is why our products are licensed as traditional medicine in
Indonesia (and not just as food supplements), and that is why we even
run our own test mouse lab and lab mice farm.
The tongkat ali traded by Sumatra Pasak Bumi is collected from a
remote, secluded forest area. No cars can go there, not even 4-wheel
SUVs. The reason: to reach the area where Sumatra Pasak Bumi collects
tongkat ali roots, one has to pass through a narrow ravine. The only
alternative access would be over steep rock mountains.
And of course, we also check our tongkat ali roots for heavy metal
contamination.
The result (certified from the most prestigious university in
Indonesia, the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta:
Lead < 0.01 ppm (less than 1000 times less than what the EU would allow)
The above table only states, that our values were in most cases less
than 1000 times what would have been allowed. But they may even be
better than that.
The reason is: even the most sophisticated equipment at the most
sophisticated lab was not able to detect ANY TRACE of the
contaminants.
"Pasak Bumi" means "nail in the ground". To pull out a pasak bumi /
tongkat ali root, a hole has to be digged out around the root which
indeed extends straight into the ground. Click the image for an
enlarged version.
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Why is our tongkat ali so clean? Because it is harvested deep in the
jungles, on average 50 kilometer from the nearest human settlement,
and a walk of many hours from the nearest point that could be reached
by any vehicle. It is NOT from plantations.
The tongkat ali roots sold by Sumatra Pasak Bumi are harvested in the
wild and have to be carried on shoulders for about 30 kilometers to
where they can be loaded on a 4-wheel-drive vehicle. No roads anywhere
nearby. Click inside the photo for an enlarged image.
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And why is heavy metal contamination such an issue with tongkat ali?
Because it's not the fruits high up in the trees (as in the case of
coconut plantations) that is consumed, but the roots. And the roots
are the part of any plant that would filter heavy metals out of the
ground water.
Some of the roots Sumatra Pasak Bumi collects are from trees that are
30 years old and older. The collection area is secluded by such dense
jungle that it can be reached and left only when following small
jungle creeks. Click inside the photo for an enlarged image.
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There may be nothing wrong with the quality of bananas and coconuts
from plantations close to human and industrial settlements. But for
tongkat ali roots, only those harvested in the deep jungle are fit for
human consumption.
Cadmium < 1 ppm
Mercury < 1 ppm
Arsen < 3 ppm
Cadmium < 0.01 ppm (less than 100 times less than what the EU would allow)
Mercury < 0.001 ppm (less than 1000 times less than what the EU would allow)
Arsenic <0.001 ppm (less than 3000 times less than what the EU would allow)
