Sunday, December 11, 2005

Quackwatch : health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies

Quackwatch, Inc., which was a member of Consumer Federation of America from 1973 through 2003, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere. Founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969 as the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, it was incorporated in 1970. In 1997, it assumed its current name and began developing a worldwide network of volunteers and expert advisors. Our activities include:

* Investigating questionable claims
* Answering inquiries about products and services
* Advising quackery victims
* Distributing reliable publications
* Reporting illegal marketing
* Assisting or generating consumer-protection lawsuits
* Improving the quality of health information on the Internet
* Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet

Doc : This is pretty interesting as it covers a lot of scams and contains a lot of good information. The search option is excellent to find out about anything you may want to know about. I have put it as a permanent link on the right sidebar.

Quackwatch Link

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