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Menadione has been reported to cause adverse outcomes including hemolytic 
anemia due to G6PD deficiency, neonatal brain or liver damage, or neonatal 
death in some cases. Moreover, menadione supplements have been banned by the 
FDA because of their high toxicity. Menadione has been used experimentally as a 
chemotherapic agent for cancer, ca 1945, but has lost ground to much safer, 
human form, vitamin K2 vitamers. Low level menadione is still used as an 
inexpensive micronutrient for livestock in many countries.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menadione Source]
  
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[http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=menadione]
  
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