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Quackwatch Founded in 1969, Quackwatch is an international network of people who are concerned about health-rel

Quackwatch is an international network of people who are concerned about health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. 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 (Allentown, Pennsylvania), it was incorporated in 1970. In 1997, it as

sumed its current name and began developing a worldwide network of volunteers and expert advisers. Our activities include:

Investigating questionable claims
Answering inquiries about products and services
Advising quackery victims
Distributing reliable publications
Debunking pseudoscientific claims
Reporting illegal marketing
Assisting or generating consumer-protection lawsuits
Improving the quality of health information on the Internet
Attacking misleading advertising on the Internet
Consumer Health Digest, a free weekly e-mail newsletter
The healthfraud discussion list, which has about 600 members

05/31/2026

In a world where protein water, protein pasta and protein chips exist, I would like to know when did the war on protein happen?

It almost sounds like made up bu****it. 🤔

"The first ingredient listed in Drop RX’s “Calm” formulation is kava kava root. Also called kava, the ingredient was add...
05/31/2026

"The first ingredient listed in Drop RX’s “Calm” formulation is kava kava root. Also called kava, the ingredient was added to the US Department of Defense list of prohibited dietary supplement ingredients in April 2024, “based on the possibility of impairment and subsequent threat to military readiness”, according to a spokesperson for the department’s health system."

Amazon opens an inquiry into Nicole Saphier’s product compliance following Guardian inquiry. White House says she will be a ‘powerful asset’ for Maha agenda

05/29/2026

In this video interview, I talked with Janyce Boynton, a former facilitator in the pseudoscientific practice of facilitated communication (FC), who saw the light and now educates the public about the proven harm inherent in FC and all its contemporary rebrandings.

05/29/2026

“Eat your greens, or you’ll get no dessert.” That was my nutrition education until I was fourteen. I rarely got dessert. Now I can have dessert whenever I l ...

05/29/2026
Kambo kills again!British wellness coach dies ‘after detox ceremony using Amazonian tree frog poison’
05/29/2026

Kambo kills again!
British wellness coach dies ‘after detox ceremony using Amazonian tree frog poison’

Kristian Trend is believed to be the first British victim of the drug treatment known as Kambo - his grieving mother is calling for a ban

05/22/2026

Earlier this year, a new review paper was published claiming to show evidence that naturopathy was effective (Myers et al. 2019). I’m a bit late to the game on this one, but I still want to briefly…

05/21/2026

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05/21/2026

If somebody had told me they were vaccinated, I probably would have told them that was a sin. We knew our way of life wasn’t quite normal.

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