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I've just found this article on the Blog "Why Evolution is True"
Moar homeopathy in Davisa Homeopathic Detox for -
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For EMF (electro-magnetic fields)
The package touts that it is "Scientifically tested" and that process is described
Each active ingredient in this product has been tested on human beings in accordance with scientific homeopathic methodology. No animal testingThe ingredients are listed; the inactive ingredients are organic alcohol (20% w/w) but they don't say which one (ethanol, ethanol or glycol are all "organic" and purified water. There are no active ingredients listed at all.
I dare anybody not to realise that this product is 100% pure snake oil.
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I've just found this article on the Blog "Why Evolution is True" (Original Post)
intaglio
Apr 2014
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LostOne4Ever
(9,597 posts)1. Scientific homeopathic methodology?
Isn't that an oxymoron
lastlib
(24,930 posts)2. Pretty much
csziggy
(34,189 posts)3. Alcohol is inactive?
Whether organic or not, no matter what kind of alcohol, I'd hardly characterize it as "inactive"!
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound contained 18% ethanol in addition to the various herbs - I wonder if it was listed as an "inactive" ingredient?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Pinkham#Lydia_E._Pinkham.27s_Vegetable_Compound
intaglio
(8,170 posts)4. Scaffold - Lilly the Pink
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)5. Good grief
DetlefK
(16,459 posts)6. I like the proposal to sell vodka and beer as homeopathic remedies.
"Liver Detox: 30% ethanol, 70% water"