Re: FTC / FDA Operation Cure All

[Guest guest]

Allopathic medicine is based on specific model. A particular proven

treatment for a particular disease. It neglects the holistic approach.A few

good evidence is the latent period of HIV virus and bacterial

carriers,seasonal endemic of influenza and generic mutation. Social attitude

has changed a lot for holistic approach of medicine but has not influenced

any politic decisions. People and government still has no confidence on

holistic medicine due to many mesmerized claims.History always repeats.

Without microscope, we don't believe bacterium; without magnet, we might

never recognize magnetism: until we have cinematic MRI, electric-magnetic

treatment for disease will be challenged. But many people still believe God.

To my enlightenment lately that God believing actually entrain us to the

nature healing effects.re: danwinter.com. I offer a free Schumann wave

resonation experience at my website: flyingsnake.homestead.com. Please visit

before it may have to shut down.

Hsing

FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

Fowarded from the Rife List:

From: (Jean-Pierre Lentin)

Hi all !

I don't want to be a wet blanket, but I recommend, especially for those

having a web site promoting or selling Rife devices, to visit this web page

from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) :

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/cureall.htm

This page is online since June 1st 2001 and details the brand new

" Operation Cure All " , described as " a new battle in ongoing war against

Internet health fraud " .

So far 6 web dealers have been hassled, 1 for selling electrotherapy

devices and 5 for herbal remedies (like shark cartilage, St 's wort,

kava-kava, colloidal silver and even DHEA). Of particular concern here is

the action taken against Forrest's Jaguar company, selling Beck and

Rife devices.

Here is the FTC complaint summary :

" Forrest, doing business as Jaguar Enterprises of Santa Ana, also

known as Jaguar Enterprises Forrest, d/b/a Jaguar Enterprises, based

in Mesquite, Texas, and using business addresses in Black Mountain, North

Carolina and Miami, Flordia, sold, distributed, promoted, and advertised

various products, including various electronic therapy devices known as the

Black Box; Magnetic Pulser; Magnetic Multi-Pulser; Beck-Rife unit; Portable

Rife Frequency Generator; PC-Rife #1; PC-Rife #2; PC-Rife #3; as well as a

combination of herbal ingredients known as " Miracle Herbs, " a purported

cure for cancer and other serious diseases.The complaint alleges that

Jaguar made unsubstantiated claims that their electronic devices will cure

or prevent serious diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, arthritis, Gulf War

Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by passing an electric current or

magnetic pulse through the body, and that Miracle Herbs is effective in

treating cancer of all types, AIDS, bacterial and viral infections. It also

alleges that the respondent falsely represented that Miracle Herbs has been

scientifically proven to be safe and effective and that the electronic

devices have been scientifically proven to kill bacteria and viruses and

other parasites in the body.The proposed settlement would prohibit the

respondent from making the challenged claims or any other claim about the

health benefits, performance, safety or efficacy of its products or

services without adequate substantiation. The settlement also would

prohibit the respondent from misrepresenting the results of any test, study

or research. Finally, the settlement requires the respondent to offer

refunds to purchasers of the challenged products. "

Another paragraph of interest :

" Rife Frequency Generators and Zappers are devices that purportedly send

different amounts of electrical energy into the body to destroy parasites

and/or shatter cells to cure serious diseases, such as cancer and AIDS. As

part of " Operation Cure.All, " the FDA has taken several actions with

respect to these devices: · FDA issued warning letters to several firms

selling these devices informing them that they were in violation of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. FDA also issued several untitled

letters to firms questioning the legality of the marketing of these

devices. Most of these firms have either removed or modified their Web

sites; and FDA placed the Zapper promoted by one foreign firm on automatic

detention without physical examination, which will prevent this device from

legally entering the United States. "

" A summary of each of the proposed consent agreements will be published in

the Federal Register shortly. They will be subject to public comment for 30

days, until July 16, 2001, after which the Commission will decide whether

to make them final. Comments should be addressed to the FTC, Office of the

Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. "

The FTC page provides also, in PDF format

- the " agreement containing consent order " that Forrest is supposed to

sign. A stiff one !

- a model letter to be sent to customers, exposing the FTC's objection and

offering a refund if requested

- a copy of FTC's complaint, including mostly " litigious " excerpts from

Jaguar's web site

- a long file with practically all the material on the site, as " exhibits "

- an " analysis " (in HTML), in fact a short summary of the whole affair

2 remarks :

It seems that FTC (working closely with FDA on these cases) focuses only on

the formulation of the health claims. If the company agrees to sign the

consent order, it may keep on selling the devices, but with different

claims.

FTC and FDA say the complaints may be withdrawn if " reliable scientific

evidence " is provided. I.e. clinical trials done by professional scientists

or medical doctors. It's clear that Rife, Beck or technologies sadly

lack this type of studies at the moment. The only one on a Rife device

seems to be the Australian clinical trial of a pad device for arthritis, to

be found on www.rife.de/ Also, there is a number of trials on pulsed

magnetic fields for bone and tissue repair and pain reduction - this is a

different technology, but might help anyhow. The French study on cancer

cells, which I translated and is posted on Stan Truman's site

(www.rife.org/), might also help - although it's mainly pulsed magnetism.

It seems it would be high time to establish connections with NIH programs

evaluating alternative medicines, and push for trials on Rife technology,

maybe focusing first on bacterial and viral diseases.

Anyway, food for thought, as they say...

Best luck to all !

The truth always wins in the end. But it may take a long time...

[Guest guest]

I could not find anything about Schumann wave resonation!

Regards

Noel

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Sapere Aude: Dare to be wise.

Dare to care: Clinton.

All truth goes through three stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is

violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. Schopenhauer.

Genius is the ability to look at what others have looked at, and see what

they have not seen. Szyent-Gyorgy.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Re: FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

Allopathic medicine is based on specific model. A particular proven

treatment for a particular disease. It neglects the holistic approach.A few

good evidence is the latent period of HIV virus and bacterial

carriers,seasonal endemic of influenza and generic mutation. Social attitude

has changed a lot for holistic approach of medicine but has not influenced

any politic decisions. People and government still has no confidence on

holistic medicine due to many mesmerized claims.History always repeats.

Without microscope, we don't believe bacterium; without magnet, we might

never recognize magnetism: until we have cinematic MRI, electric-magnetic

treatment for disease will be challenged. But many people still believe God.

To my enlightenment lately that God believing actually entrain us to the

nature healing effects.re: danwinter.com. I offer a free Schumann wave

resonation experience at my website: flyingsnake.homestead.com. Please visit

before it may have to shut down.

Hsing

FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

Fowarded from the Rife List:

From: (Jean-Pierre Lentin)

Hi all !

I don't want to be a wet blanket, but I recommend, especially for those

having a web site promoting or selling Rife devices, to visit this web page

from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) :

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/cureall.htm

This page is online since June 1st 2001 and details the brand new

" Operation Cure All " , described as " a new battle in ongoing war against

Internet health fraud " .

So far 6 web dealers have been hassled, 1 for selling electrotherapy

devices and 5 for herbal remedies (like shark cartilage, St 's wort,

kava-kava, colloidal silver and even DHEA). Of particular concern here is

the action taken against Forrest's Jaguar company, selling Beck and

Rife devices.

Here is the FTC complaint summary :

" Forrest, doing business as Jaguar Enterprises of Santa Ana, also

known as Jaguar Enterprises Forrest, d/b/a Jaguar Enterprises, based

in Mesquite, Texas, and using business addresses in Black Mountain, North

Carolina and Miami, Flordia, sold, distributed, promoted, and advertised

various products, including various electronic therapy devices known as the

Black Box; Magnetic Pulser; Magnetic Multi-Pulser; Beck-Rife unit; Portable

Rife Frequency Generator; PC-Rife #1; PC-Rife #2; PC-Rife #3; as well as a

combination of herbal ingredients known as " Miracle Herbs, " a purported

cure for cancer and other serious diseases.The complaint alleges that

Jaguar made unsubstantiated claims that their electronic devices will cure

or prevent serious diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, arthritis, Gulf War

Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by passing an electric current or

magnetic pulse through the body, and that Miracle Herbs is effective in

treating cancer of all types, AIDS, bacterial and viral infections. It also

alleges that the respondent falsely represented that Miracle Herbs has been

scientifically proven to be safe and effective and that the electronic

devices have been scientifically proven to kill bacteria and viruses and

other parasites in the body.The proposed settlement would prohibit the

respondent from making the challenged claims or any other claim about the

health benefits, performance, safety or efficacy of its products or

services without adequate substantiation. The settlement also would

prohibit the respondent from misrepresenting the results of any test, study

or research. Finally, the settlement requires the respondent to offer

refunds to purchasers of the challenged products. "

Another paragraph of interest :

" Rife Frequency Generators and Zappers are devices that purportedly send

different amounts of electrical energy into the body to destroy parasites

and/or shatter cells to cure serious diseases, such as cancer and AIDS. As

part of " Operation Cure.All, " the FDA has taken several actions with

respect to these devices: · FDA issued warning letters to several firms

selling these devices informing them that they were in violation of the

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. FDA also issued several untitled

letters to firms questioning the legality of the marketing of these

devices. Most of these firms have either removed or modified their Web

sites; and FDA placed the Zapper promoted by one foreign firm on automatic

detention without physical examination, which will prevent this device from

legally entering the United States. "

" A summary of each of the proposed consent agreements will be published in

the Federal Register shortly. They will be subject to public comment for 30

days, until July 16, 2001, after which the Commission will decide whether

to make them final. Comments should be addressed to the FTC, Office of the

Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. "

The FTC page provides also, in PDF format

- the " agreement containing consent order " that Forrest is supposed to

sign. A stiff one !

- a model letter to be sent to customers, exposing the FTC's objection and

offering a refund if requested

- a copy of FTC's complaint, including mostly " litigious " excerpts from

Jaguar's web site

- a long file with practically all the material on the site, as " exhibits "

- an " analysis " (in HTML), in fact a short summary of the whole affair

2 remarks :

It seems that FTC (working closely with FDA on these cases) focuses only on

the formulation of the health claims. If the company agrees to sign the

consent order, it may keep on selling the devices, but with different

claims.

FTC and FDA say the complaints may be withdrawn if " reliable scientific

evidence " is provided. I.e. clinical trials done by professional scientists

or medical doctors. It's clear that Rife, Beck or technologies sadly

lack this type of studies at the moment. The only one on a Rife device

seems to be the Australian clinical trial of a pad device for arthritis, to

be found on www.rife.de/ Also, there is a number of trials on pulsed

magnetic fields for bone and tissue repair and pain reduction - this is a

different technology, but might help anyhow. The French study on cancer

cells, which I translated and is posted on Stan Truman's site

(www.rife.org/), might also help - although it's mainly pulsed magnetism.

It seems it would be high time to establish connections with NIH programs

evaluating alternative medicines, and push for trials on Rife technology,

maybe focusing first on bacterial and viral diseases.

Anyway, food for thought, as they say...

Best luck to all !

The truth always wins in the end. But it may take a long time...

[Guest guest]

Dear Noel: I used 2bpop to search, got 56 sites on Schumann

wave.(http://start2bpop.com) They uses google searching engine. As long as

Schumann wave on my (http://flyingsnake.homestead.com),due to my inability

to load the tone generator on the site, I linked to nch.com.au for the tone

generator and and suggested to produce a 7.83 Hz wave to resonate the Earth

pulse " Schumann wave "

Sincerely

Hsing

FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

>

>

> Fowarded from the Rife List:

>

> From: (Jean-Pierre Lentin)

>

> Hi all !

>

> I don't want to be a wet blanket, but I recommend, especially for those

> having a web site promoting or selling Rife devices, to visit this web

page

> from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) :

>

> http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/cureall.htm

>

> This page is online since June 1st 2001 and details the brand new

> " Operation Cure All " , described as " a new battle in ongoing war against

> Internet health fraud " .

>

> So far 6 web dealers have been hassled, 1 for selling electrotherapy

> devices and 5 for herbal remedies (like shark cartilage, St 's wort,

> kava-kava, colloidal silver and even DHEA). Of particular concern here is

> the action taken against Forrest's Jaguar company, selling Beck

and

> Rife devices.

>

> Here is the FTC complaint summary :

>

> " Forrest, doing business as Jaguar Enterprises of Santa Ana, also

> known as Jaguar Enterprises Forrest, d/b/a Jaguar Enterprises,

based

> in Mesquite, Texas, and using business addresses in Black Mountain, North

> Carolina and Miami, Flordia, sold, distributed, promoted, and advertised

> various products, including various electronic therapy devices known as

the

> Black Box; Magnetic Pulser; Magnetic Multi-Pulser; Beck-Rife unit;

Portable

> Rife Frequency Generator; PC-Rife #1; PC-Rife #2; PC-Rife #3; as well as a

> combination of herbal ingredients known as " Miracle Herbs, " a purported

> cure for cancer and other serious diseases.The complaint alleges that

> Jaguar made unsubstantiated claims that their electronic devices will cure

> or prevent serious diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, arthritis, Gulf War

> Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by passing an electric current or

> magnetic pulse through the body, and that Miracle Herbs is effective in

> treating cancer of all types, AIDS, bacterial and viral infections. It

also

> alleges that the respondent falsely represented that Miracle Herbs has

been

> scientifically proven to be safe and effective and that the electronic

> devices have been scientifically proven to kill bacteria and viruses and

> other parasites in the body.The proposed settlement would prohibit the

> respondent from making the challenged claims or any other claim about the

> health benefits, performance, safety or efficacy of its products or

> services without adequate substantiation. The settlement also would

> prohibit the respondent from misrepresenting the results of any test,

study

> or research. Finally, the settlement requires the respondent to offer

> refunds to purchasers of the challenged products. "

>

> Another paragraph of interest :

>

> " Rife Frequency Generators and Zappers are devices that purportedly send

> different amounts of electrical energy into the body to destroy parasites

> and/or shatter cells to cure serious diseases, such as cancer and AIDS. As

> part of " Operation Cure.All, " the FDA has taken several actions with

> respect to these devices: · FDA issued warning letters to several firms

> selling these devices informing them that they were in violation of the

> Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. FDA also issued several untitled

> letters to firms questioning the legality of the marketing of these

> devices. Most of these firms have either removed or modified their Web

> sites; and FDA placed the Zapper promoted by one foreign firm on automatic

> detention without physical examination, which will prevent this device

from

> legally entering the United States. "

>

> " A summary of each of the proposed consent agreements will be published in

> the Federal Register shortly. They will be subject to public comment for

30

> days, until July 16, 2001, after which the Commission will decide whether

> to make them final. Comments should be addressed to the FTC, Office of the

> Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. "

>

> The FTC page provides also, in PDF format

> - the " agreement containing consent order " that Forrest is supposed to

> sign. A stiff one !

> - a model letter to be sent to customers, exposing the FTC's objection and

> offering a refund if requested

> - a copy of FTC's complaint, including mostly " litigious " excerpts from

> Jaguar's web site

> - a long file with practically all the material on the site, as " exhibits "

> - an " analysis " (in HTML), in fact a short summary of the whole affair

>

> 2 remarks :

>

> It seems that FTC (working closely with FDA on these cases) focuses only

on

> the formulation of the health claims. If the company agrees to sign the

> consent order, it may keep on selling the devices, but with different

> claims.

>

> FTC and FDA say the complaints may be withdrawn if " reliable scientific

> evidence " is provided. I.e. clinical trials done by professional

scientists

> or medical doctors. It's clear that Rife, Beck or technologies sadly

> lack this type of studies at the moment. The only one on a Rife device

> seems to be the Australian clinical trial of a pad device for arthritis,

to

> be found on www.rife.de/ Also, there is a number of trials on pulsed

> magnetic fields for bone and tissue repair and pain reduction - this is a

> different technology, but might help anyhow. The French study on cancer

> cells, which I translated and is posted on Stan Truman's site

> (www.rife.org/), might also help - although it's mainly pulsed magnetism.

> It seems it would be high time to establish connections with NIH programs

> evaluating alternative medicines, and push for trials on Rife technology,

> maybe focusing first on bacterial and viral diseases.

>

> Anyway, food for thought, as they say...

>

> Best luck to all !

>

> The truth always wins in the end. But it may take a long time...

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Noel: forget my failing eyes. The website should be

http://start.2bpop.com. I omitted a (.) after the start. And It grabbed

almost 300 Schumann wave sites. I apologize for the misspelling.

Hsing

FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

> >

> >

> > Fowarded from the Rife List:

> >

> > From: (Jean-Pierre Lentin)

> >

> > Hi all !

> >

> > I don't want to be a wet blanket, but I recommend, especially for those

> > having a web site promoting or selling Rife devices, to visit this web

> page

> > from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) :

> >

> > http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/cureall.htm

> >

> > This page is online since June 1st 2001 and details the brand new

> > " Operation Cure All " , described as " a new battle in ongoing war against

> > Internet health fraud " .

> >

> > So far 6 web dealers have been hassled, 1 for selling electrotherapy

> > devices and 5 for herbal remedies (like shark cartilage, St 's wort,

> > kava-kava, colloidal silver and even DHEA). Of particular concern here

is

> > the action taken against Forrest's Jaguar company, selling Beck

> and

> > Rife devices.

> >

> > Here is the FTC complaint summary :

> >

> > " Forrest, doing business as Jaguar Enterprises of Santa Ana,

also

> > known as Jaguar Enterprises Forrest, d/b/a Jaguar Enterprises,

> based

> > in Mesquite, Texas, and using business addresses in Black Mountain,

North

> > Carolina and Miami, Flordia, sold, distributed, promoted, and advertised

> > various products, including various electronic therapy devices known as

> the

> > Black Box; Magnetic Pulser; Magnetic Multi-Pulser; Beck-Rife unit;

> Portable

> > Rife Frequency Generator; PC-Rife #1; PC-Rife #2; PC-Rife #3; as well as

a

> > combination of herbal ingredients known as " Miracle Herbs, " a purported

> > cure for cancer and other serious diseases.The complaint alleges that

> > Jaguar made unsubstantiated claims that their electronic devices will

cure

> > or prevent serious diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, arthritis, Gulf War

> > Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by passing an electric current

or

> > magnetic pulse through the body, and that Miracle Herbs is effective in

> > treating cancer of all types, AIDS, bacterial and viral infections. It

> also

> > alleges that the respondent falsely represented that Miracle Herbs has

> been

> > scientifically proven to be safe and effective and that the electronic

> > devices have been scientifically proven to kill bacteria and viruses and

> > other parasites in the body.The proposed settlement would prohibit the

> > respondent from making the challenged claims or any other claim about

the

> > health benefits, performance, safety or efficacy of its products or

> > services without adequate substantiation. The settlement also would

> > prohibit the respondent from misrepresenting the results of any test,

> study

> > or research. Finally, the settlement requires the respondent to offer

> > refunds to purchasers of the challenged products. "

> >

> > Another paragraph of interest :

> >

> > " Rife Frequency Generators and Zappers are devices that purportedly send

> > different amounts of electrical energy into the body to destroy

parasites

> > and/or shatter cells to cure serious diseases, such as cancer and AIDS.

As

> > part of " Operation Cure.All, " the FDA has taken several actions with

> > respect to these devices: · FDA issued warning letters to several firms

> > selling these devices informing them that they were in violation of the

> > Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. FDA also issued several untitled

> > letters to firms questioning the legality of the marketing of these

> > devices. Most of these firms have either removed or modified their Web

> > sites; and FDA placed the Zapper promoted by one foreign firm on

automatic

> > detention without physical examination, which will prevent this device

> from

> > legally entering the United States. "

> >

> > " A summary of each of the proposed consent agreements will be published

in

> > the Federal Register shortly. They will be subject to public comment for

> 30

> > days, until July 16, 2001, after which the Commission will decide

whether

> > to make them final. Comments should be addressed to the FTC, Office of

the

> > Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. "

> >

> > The FTC page provides also, in PDF format

> > - the " agreement containing consent order " that Forrest is supposed to

> > sign. A stiff one !

> > - a model letter to be sent to customers, exposing the FTC's objection

and

> > offering a refund if requested

> > - a copy of FTC's complaint, including mostly " litigious " excerpts from

> > Jaguar's web site

> > - a long file with practically all the material on the site, as

" exhibits "

> > - an " analysis " (in HTML), in fact a short summary of the whole affair

> >

> > 2 remarks :

> >

> > It seems that FTC (working closely with FDA on these cases) focuses only

> on

> > the formulation of the health claims. If the company agrees to sign the

> > consent order, it may keep on selling the devices, but with different

> > claims.

> >

> > FTC and FDA say the complaints may be withdrawn if " reliable scientific

> > evidence " is provided. I.e. clinical trials done by professional

> scientists

> > or medical doctors. It's clear that Rife, Beck or technologies

sadly

> > lack this type of studies at the moment. The only one on a Rife device

> > seems to be the Australian clinical trial of a pad device for arthritis,

> to

> > be found on www.rife.de/ Also, there is a number of trials on pulsed

> > magnetic fields for bone and tissue repair and pain reduction - this is

a

> > different technology, but might help anyhow. The French study on cancer

> > cells, which I translated and is posted on Stan Truman's site

> > (www.rife.org/), might also help - although it's mainly pulsed

magnetism.

> > It seems it would be high time to establish connections with NIH

programs

> > evaluating alternative medicines, and push for trials on Rife

technology,

> > maybe focusing first on bacterial and viral diseases.

> >

> > Anyway, food for thought, as they say...

> >

> > Best luck to all !

> >

> > The truth always wins in the end. But it may take a long time...

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks Hsing,

I was able to access the links with the new address you gave me.

Regards

Noel

Please request a 'Read Receipt' to ensure that I receive your Email.

Prof. Noel P O Box 137 Parkville VIC 3052 Australia

Phone 03 9639 6090 International 613 9639 6090

Mobile 0412 994 001 International 61 412 994 001

Fax 03 9639 6392 International 613 9639 6392

Email noelc@... Web: http://smile.org.au

Sapere Aude: Dare to be wise.

Dare to care: Clinton.

All truth goes through three stages: first it is ridiculed: then it is

violently opposed: finally it is accepted as self evident. Schopenhauer.

Genius is the ability to look at what others have looked at, and see what

they have not seen. Szyent-Gyorgy.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Re: FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

Dear Noel: I used 2bpop to search, got 56 sites on Schumann

wave.(http://start2bpop.com) They uses google searching engine. As long as

Schumann wave on my (http://flyingsnake.homestead.com),due to my inability

to load the tone generator on the site, I linked to nch.com.au for the tone

generator and and suggested to produce a 7.83 Hz wave to resonate the Earth

pulse " Schumann wave "

Sincerely

Hsing

FTC / FDA " Operation Cure All "

>

>

> Fowarded from the Rife List:

>

> From: (Jean-Pierre Lentin)

>

> Hi all !

>

> I don't want to be a wet blanket, but I recommend, especially for those

> having a web site promoting or selling Rife devices, to visit this web

page

> from the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) :

>

> http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2001/06/cureall.htm

>

> This page is online since June 1st 2001 and details the brand new

> " Operation Cure All " , described as " a new battle in ongoing war against

> Internet health fraud " .

>

> So far 6 web dealers have been hassled, 1 for selling electrotherapy

> devices and 5 for herbal remedies (like shark cartilage, St 's wort,

> kava-kava, colloidal silver and even DHEA). Of particular concern here is

> the action taken against Forrest's Jaguar company, selling Beck

and

> Rife devices.

>

> Here is the FTC complaint summary :

>

> " Forrest, doing business as Jaguar Enterprises of Santa Ana, also

> known as Jaguar Enterprises Forrest, d/b/a Jaguar Enterprises,

based

> in Mesquite, Texas, and using business addresses in Black Mountain, North

> Carolina and Miami, Flordia, sold, distributed, promoted, and advertised

> various products, including various electronic therapy devices known as

the

> Black Box; Magnetic Pulser; Magnetic Multi-Pulser; Beck-Rife unit;

Portable

> Rife Frequency Generator; PC-Rife #1; PC-Rife #2; PC-Rife #3; as well as a

> combination of herbal ingredients known as " Miracle Herbs, " a purported

> cure for cancer and other serious diseases.The complaint alleges that

> Jaguar made unsubstantiated claims that their electronic devices will cure

> or prevent serious diseases, such as cancer, AIDS, arthritis, Gulf War

> Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by passing an electric current or

> magnetic pulse through the body, and that Miracle Herbs is effective in

> treating cancer of all types, AIDS, bacterial and viral infections. It

also

> alleges that the respondent falsely represented that Miracle Herbs has

been

> scientifically proven to be safe and effective and that the electronic

> devices have been scientifically proven to kill bacteria and viruses and

> other parasites in the body.The proposed settlement would prohibit the

> respondent from making the challenged claims or any other claim about the

> health benefits, performance, safety or efficacy of its products or

> services without adequate substantiation. The settlement also would

> prohibit the respondent from misrepresenting the results of any test,

study

> or research. Finally, the settlement requires the respondent to offer

> refunds to purchasers of the challenged products. "

>

> Another paragraph of interest :

>

> " Rife Frequency Generators and Zappers are devices that purportedly send

> different amounts of electrical energy into the body to destroy parasites

> and/or shatter cells to cure serious diseases, such as cancer and AIDS. As

> part of " Operation Cure.All, " the FDA has taken several actions with

> respect to these devices: · FDA issued warning letters to several firms

> selling these devices informing them that they were in violation of the

> Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. FDA also issued several untitled

> letters to firms questioning the legality of the marketing of these

> devices. Most of these firms have either removed or modified their Web

> sites; and FDA placed the Zapper promoted by one foreign firm on automatic

> detention without physical examination, which will prevent this device

from

> legally entering the United States. "

>

> " A summary of each of the proposed consent agreements will be published in

> the Federal Register shortly. They will be subject to public comment for

30

> days, until July 16, 2001, after which the Commission will decide whether

> to make them final. Comments should be addressed to the FTC, Office of the

> Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. "

>

> The FTC page provides also, in PDF format

> - the " agreement containing consent order " that Forrest is supposed to

> sign. A stiff one !

> - a model letter to be sent to customers, exposing the FTC's objection and

> offering a refund if requested

> - a copy of FTC's complaint, including mostly " litigious " excerpts from

> Jaguar's web site

> - a long file with practically all the material on the site, as " exhibits "

> - an " analysis " (in HTML), in fact a short summary of the whole affair

>

> 2 remarks :

>

> It seems that FTC (working closely with FDA on these cases) focuses only

on

> the formulation of the health claims. If the company agrees to sign the

> consent order, it may keep on selling the devices, but with different

> claims.

>

> FTC and FDA say the complaints may be withdrawn if " reliable scientific

> evidence " is provided. I.e. clinical trials done by professional

scientists

> or medical doctors. It's clear that Rife, Beck or technologies sadly

> lack this type of studies at the moment. The only one on a Rife device

> seems to be the Australian clinical trial of a pad device for arthritis,

to

> be found on www.rife.de/ Also, there is a number of trials on pulsed

> magnetic fields for bone and tissue repair and pain reduction - this is a

> different technology, but might help anyhow. The French study on cancer

> cells, which I translated and is posted on Stan Truman's site

> (www.rife.org/), might also help - although it's mainly pulsed magnetism.

> It seems it would be high time to establish connections with NIH programs

> evaluating alternative medicines, and push for trials on Rife technology,

> maybe focusing first on bacterial and viral diseases.

>

> Anyway, food for thought, as they say...

>

> Best luck to all !

>

> The truth always wins in the end. But it may take a long time...

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