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Re:Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do n... by M2Ys4U on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:17PM (#13007607)
That's not correct. Homoeopathy doesn't contain _any_ of the purported substance.
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Re:Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do n... by DanBC on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:47PM (#13007955)
...if it's been correctly diluted.

Since there's almost no regulation the buyer has no way of knowing if it was correctly diluted or not.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/uc...

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/10/fda-homeopathic-teeth...

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Re:Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do n... by halleym on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @09:18AM (#13022771)
Well, in reality, probably not. I was pointing out that homeopathy was originally 'fighting fire with fire'. Or at least, that is what the word means.
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Re:Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do n... by cnlevy on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:35PM (#13008421)
It used to contain it.
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Re:Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do n... by M2Ys4U on Thursday November 24, 2016 @05:23PM (#13033155)
My bank account used to contain money, I guess I'm homeopathically rich.
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Re:Homeopathy 'treatments' must be labelled to say they do n... by 83457 on Monday November 21, 2016 @01:25PM (#13007725)
there is a chance
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