Backstabbers: Homeopathy Finally Makes A Really Big Impression On The American Public

"He was like millions of other consumers who sometimes take vitamins or echinacea, hoping to build up his immunity or ward off a cold. He figured alternative remedies were as safe as a spoonful of honey.

But that notion washed away with one squirt of a homeopathic cold gel.

David Richardson, of Greensboro, N.C., is one of hundreds of patients across the country who have lodged complaints about Zicam Cold Remedy, saying it destroyed their sense of smell."

-- Jeff Donn, on one of the potential dangers of being convinced water can be used as medicine (another one is you're crazy) in The Los Angeles Times.

"Consumers purchasing homeopathic products should be aware that they have not been reviewed by the FDA."

-- Sandy Walsh, FDA spokesman - after some of the dangers of being convinced water can be used as medicine became apparent - also in The Los Angeles Times.

"An Associated Press analysis of the Food and Drug Administration's side effect reports found that more than 800 homeopathic ingredients were potentially implicated in health problems last year. Complaints ranged from vomiting to attempted suicide."

-- Jeff Donn, on the gullibility of believers in the concept of water being used as medicine, for The Associated Press.

"In this era of ever-expanding government, perhaps we should be increasing common sense and integrity, and not just power and budgets at the regulatory agencies."

-- Michael D. Shaw, on the cure for water being used as medicine in America - France is on it's own with this one - and needs a good Dental Plan.