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Canada, United States on hunt for swine flu swindlers
Health officials crack down on Internet quackery
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Health authorities in Canada and the United States are on high alert for Internet scams related to swine flu and are cracking down on websites that are selling unauthorized products and making illegal claims about how to prevent and treat the illness.
Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are tracking the websites and have issued dozens of warning letters to force the removal of offensive claims.
Among the products that have popped up online are a pill that is purported to cure the flu within hours; a spray that claimed to leave a layer of ionic silver on the skin that would kill the virus; fake test kits; a shampoo; nasal sprays; wall-mounted ultraviolet light machines that allegedly prevent the spread and destroy the virus; and an electronic instrument that declared its "photobionic energy" and "deeply penetrating mega-frequency life-force energy waves" would prevent infection. The machine costs thousands of dollars.
Attaching a claim to an unapproved product is illegal and authorities are not taking it lightly.
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I guess it was only a metter of time before the greedy quacks tried to cash in on this. :
Health officials crack down on Internet quackery
Article Link
Health authorities in Canada and the United States are on high alert for Internet scams related to swine flu and are cracking down on websites that are selling unauthorized products and making illegal claims about how to prevent and treat the illness.
Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are tracking the websites and have issued dozens of warning letters to force the removal of offensive claims.
Among the products that have popped up online are a pill that is purported to cure the flu within hours; a spray that claimed to leave a layer of ionic silver on the skin that would kill the virus; fake test kits; a shampoo; nasal sprays; wall-mounted ultraviolet light machines that allegedly prevent the spread and destroy the virus; and an electronic instrument that declared its "photobionic energy" and "deeply penetrating mega-frequency life-force energy waves" would prevent infection. The machine costs thousands of dollars.
Attaching a claim to an unapproved product is illegal and authorities are not taking it lightly.
More on link
I guess it was only a metter of time before the greedy quacks tried to cash in on this. :
