Re: Dictionary of Alternative Medicine

markd_at_toad-net.com
Date: 10/24/04 

Date: 24 Oct 2004 19:28:42 GMT

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By whom on what evidence? For each topic at that site the research by
which views are formed is reviewed and presented. Any "discrediting"
would have to address the site on that basis and that basis alone, except
if fraud can be shown.

"Mark, this is disingenuous. I'm not arguing that products from India
or China may have contaminants. These SHOULD be tested before being
exported from those countries or imported to another."

We are not talking about "contamination", the use of heavey metals is done
on purpose as part of traditional nostrums commonly utilized. Indians in
this country purchasing and bringing some of these to the US have turned
up with lead poisoning at a level high enough for obvious symptoms to
appear, who can know how many fall under that level and ascribe problems
to other sources.

I want an informed consumer who has the whole range of information,
regardless of the health related service/products under consideration. As
you note, in many places, including the us, "alternative"
products/services have no standard by which a consumer can make such
decisions as to being effective and safe.