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Subject: [healthfraud] Please sign anti-homepathy petition
From: "Stephen Barrett" <sbinfo[bat]quackwatch.org>
Date: Sat, April 6, 2013 13:10
To: "HealthFraud List" <healthfraud[bat]lists.quackwatch.org>
Bad Science Watch is asking Health Canada to stop approving nosodes for sale in Canada, to de-register all currently approved nosodes, and to order the recall of all currently registered products. Nosodes are oral homeopathic preparations made from bodily tissues and fluids (including faeces, blood, pus, discharges, and saliva) taken from patients suffering from a disease (including measles, anthrax, tuberculosis). Once the starting material is obtained, it is sterilized and serially diluted, often to the point where no active ingredient remains.
Bad Science Watch is focusing on use of nosodes claimed to prevent infectious disease, a procedure calleds “homeoprophylaxis." Many Canadian naturopaths and homeopaths are recommending nosodes as substitute for effective vaccines. Health Canada's Natural Health Products Directorate (NHPD) currently licenses about 180 nosodes, including about 80 that practitioners recommend for preventing diphtheria, influenza, pertussis, measles, polio, and other infectious diseases.
By issuing a Natural Health Product number to a product, the NHPD assures Canadians the product is “safe, effective and of high quality." However, no evidence of efficacy is required for approval.
Bad Science Watch is asking academics, health professionals, and scientists to sign its petition at
http://www.stopnosodes.org/take-action/health-professional/========================
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
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