[extropy-chat] Professor Being Sued Over Anti-Aging Comments

[Mike Lorrey]

You mean prosecuted? If they cannot support their claims for their
products with studies or trials, then the lack of such should be clear
in consumer reports from third parties. It isn't the job of government
to protect people from their own gullibility and ignorance. Caveat
emptor is the rule of the market. If people feel they are getting
shafted, they can launch a class action civil lawsuit against the
perpetrators.

--- giorgio gaviraghi <giogavir at yahoo.it> wrote:

> the people claiming ineffective wonder drugs are our
> worst enemies since they affect our credibility.
> They must be exposed and persecuted.
> --- BillK <pharos at gmail.com> ha scritto: 
> 
> > On 6/20/05, Olga Bourlin wrote:
> > >     
> > > However, it seems more and more scientific
> > medicine is going to bed with
> > > "alternative medicine" these days.  And money
> > seems to be at the root of
> > > this phenomenon.  So, where do we begin? 
> > >   
> > 
> > See:
> > <http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/06/greatamerican.htm>
> > 
> > For Release: June 9, 2005 CORRECTED
> > 
> > FTC Targets Bogus Anti-Aging Claims for Pills and
> > Sprays Promising
> > Human Growth Hormone Benefits
> > 
> > Settlement Provides Up To $20 Million In Consumer
> > Redress
> > 
> > Two Florida businesses have agreed to a federal
> > court order requiring
> > them to pay up to $20 million in consumer redress –
> > the largest
> > monetary judgment ever obtained in an FTC health
> > fraud case – to
> > settle charges that they deceptively claimed that
> > their pills and
> > sprays would increase consumers' human growth
> > hormone (HGH) levels and
> > provide anti-aging benefits, including weight loss
> > and increased
> > cognitive function. In addition, the Commission has
> > issued warning
> > letters to more than 90 Internet marketers making
> > similar claims.
> > 
> > "Early explorers searched without success for a
> > fountain of youth, and
> > modern marketers promise that it can be found in
> > pills and sprays,"
> > said Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC's Bureau of
> > Consumer
> > Protection. "Those promises are illusory.
> > Unfortunately, no pill or
> > spray can turn back the hands of time."
> > 
> > The complaint alleges that ads for the dietary
> > supplements Ultimate
> > HGH and Super HGH Booster and the sublingual sprays
> > Master HGH and
> > Super HGH promise that these products will
> > significantly increase
> > growth hormone levels; provide the benefits
> > purportedly shown in
> > various studies involving prescription-only HGH
> > injections; and
> > provide physical benefits including reduced fat,
> > cholesterol, and
> > blood pressure, increased muscle mass, and improved
> > cognitive, immune,
> > and sexual function.
> > According to the FTC, these claims are false or
> > unsubstantiated.
> > 
> > BillK
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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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