Pharmacies To Face Trial Over Homeopathic Products

Ars Technica reports:

Pharmacy giants CVS and Walmart will have to face trials over claims that placing ineffective homeopathic products alongside legitimate over-the-counter medicines on store shelves deceives consumers into thinking that the pseudoscientific products are akin to evidence-based, Food and Drug Administration-approved drugs.

The claims come from the nonprofit organization Center for Inquiry (CFI), which filed nearly identical lawsuits against CVS and Walmart in 2018 and 2019, respectively, to try to boot homeopathic products from pharmacy aisles for good.

CFI claimed that deceptive placement of the water-based products violated the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA). As longtime Ars readers know, homeopathy is a debunked pseudoscience that dabbles with toxic substances intended to be diluted into oblivion.

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A good day for CFI
“As such, consumer and advocacy groups, such as the CFI, have long railed against the sale of homeopathic products. And the CFI doesn’t mince words. “Homeopathy is bunk,” the organization wrote regarding its lawsuit against Walmart.”https://t.co/4KlApfVQIO

— Skeptical Inquirer (@SkeptInquirer) October 4, 2022