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GliderGuider

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62. Thanks for the link. 437 people, eh? That's shocking!

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 10:54 AM

Mar 2015

So, how many people do you think die from lack of access to enough food, safe water or rudimentary medical care around the world?

http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/new-study-finds-45000-deaths-annually-linked-to-lack-of-health-coverage/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/24482102/ns/health-childrens_health/t/million-children-die-lack-health-care/
http://water.org/water-crisis/water-facts/water/

The total listed in just those articles is 14 million a year. Mostly children, who have no choice in the matter.

437 people? OMG, it's a fucking epidemic of stupidity! Quick somebody, regulate something!

I hope you don't get any splinters from that hobby-horse you're riding.
Toodles!

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Should the FDA crack down on homeopathic �remedies�? [View all] HuckleB Mar 2015 OP

Considering FDA's severe limits on calling an existing product "improved," this stance seems weak. Buzz Clik Mar 2015 #1

No get the red out Mar 2015 #2

So, if someone dies using a homeopathic asthma treatment, that's ok? HuckleB Mar 2015 #5

Not my decision get the red out Mar 2015 #12

So you don't think regulation matters. HuckleB Mar 2015 #13

Not on non-toxic items get the red out Mar 2015 #18

Non-toxic doesn't mean safe. HuckleB Mar 2015 #20

Not strange get the red out Mar 2015 #21

And your disagreement indicates that you are ok with people being harmed by said products. HuckleB Mar 2015 #23

Should we ban everything get the red out Mar 2015 #28

Should we ban scams that can harm people's health? HuckleB Mar 2015 #59

Then the question becomes, who is scamming you? What if it's the FDA? SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #64

Yes, strange. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #24

It doesn't take anything get the red out Mar 2015 #25

Holy crap, that was impressive. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #32

People have freedoms get the red out Mar 2015 #33

Holy hell, you're on a roll. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #35

Please think critically about this. phil89 Mar 2015 #54

And harm comes from the FDA not approving natural remedies SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #65

How about a clear and readable warning that the product is useless? nt. Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #27

Fine with me get the red out Mar 2015 #30

*woosh* NuclearDem Mar 2015 #34

Monday is pretty much the best day available... LanternWaste Mar 2015 #36

Uhm, so consumer protections against fraud shouldn't exist? Humanist_Activist Mar 2015 #46

no - the placebo effect works on some Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #3

The placebo effect only works on subjective symptoms. HuckleB Mar 2015 #4

of for fuck's sake, do you understand that asthma attacks kill people? Warren Stupidity Mar 2015 #29

Yes, they should. Homeopathy is junk. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #6

An emphatic YES etherealtruth Mar 2015 #7

I'd say that any claim or statement that a product is a treatment for petronius Mar 2015 #8

This Dorian Gray Mar 2015 #22

The Internet is starting to cause that to break down. jeff47 Mar 2015 #39

So then the pharmaceutical companies should have to prove their products are 100% safe! without Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #63

Why does that follow? Marr Apr 2015 #68

Hell yes! n/t PasadenaTrudy Mar 2015 #9

Yes. LuvNewcastle Mar 2015 #10

Only if they cause an oily discharge n/t Oilwellian Mar 2015 #11

Just leave the metaphysical healers alone ripcord Mar 2015 #14

I think anything that's sold as medicine should be regulated like medicine bhikkhu Mar 2015 #15

The FDA busted General Mills for claiming Cheerios can reduce cholesterol NickB79 Mar 2015 #16

+1,000,000 ... 000 HuckleB Mar 2015 #17

Yes. There is nothing in them. Thor_MN Mar 2015 #19

Yes, Homepath remmedies should require actual research to show they work. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #26

The FDA should hold them down and burn them with a crack pipe. Quantess Mar 2015 #31

Yes. Homeopathy is proven quackery. backscatter712 Mar 2015 #37

The laws against fraud should apply. Kalidurga Mar 2015 #38

Nope. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #40

You have to be joking. HuckleB Mar 2015 #50

Nope. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #52

Duh. HuckleB Mar 2015 #60

The FDA monitors use of homeopathic products for adverse events. Avalux Mar 2015 #41

It's plenty feasible, but Big Supplement keeps it from happening. HuckleB Mar 2015 #43

No, they are grandfathered, and should be considered gras. nt bananas Mar 2015 #42

They are worthless scams. HuckleB Mar 2015 #49

It should have the same legal ramifications as a pharmacutical company that... Taitertots Mar 2015 #44

Well, that would include most supplements. HuckleB Mar 2015 #48

To my knowledge most supplements don't say they can cure specific illnesses Taitertots Mar 2015 #53

So you haven't been to a supplement seller's store or web page. HuckleB Mar 2015 #61

How many deaths have resulted from treatment foregone due to the use of homeopathics? GliderGuider Mar 2015 #45

So worthless scams are ok with you. HuckleB Mar 2015 #47

Did I say medicine was bad? GliderGuider Mar 2015 #51

Funny you're asking for evidence now. phil89 Mar 2015 #56

People have a right to try and sell whatever they want that's not illegal. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #57

You have to be kidding. HuckleB Mar 2015 #58

Thanks for the link. 437 people, eh? That's shocking! GliderGuider Mar 2015 #62

This really isn't different from lying bastard pols who promise to help you valerief Mar 2015 #55

Half a century on now... hunter Apr 2015 #66

The first question to ask is are they dangerous to society? Rex Apr 2015 #67