Looks like a few people are worried they might have a fake power balance bracelet. Here’s how to tell you’ve been scammed.
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Tags: authentic, fake, hoax, iRenew, placebo, power balance bracelet, powerbalance, powerband, quacks, scam, scumbags, skeptic
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There’s apparently some unauthorised snake-oil sales going on in relation to the rather too profitable “rubber bands with holograms” bracelet industry: Power balance.
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Tags: fitness, placebo, power balance bracelet, powerbalance, powerband, quacks, scam, skeptic, snake oil
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Wrote a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday about the ridiculously vague “miracle” attributed to Mary Mackillop and it ended up published.
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Tags: atheism, catholics, Mary Mackillop, medicine, miracle, placebo, quacks, religion, SMH, stupidity
Posted in Atheism, Ethics and Religion, General, Health & Medicine, Politics and Society, Skepticism, Quacks, Woo & Scams • 4 Comments »
