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Sure. Ban Red Dye No. 3, but let's allow all the homeopathic bullshit we want because hey why regulate that stuff? They just give it to kids.
I agree with you, but don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
At least homeopathic anything is not directly harmful in the context of ingesting it, because it contains no active ingredient.
It's only harmful in that people don't understand that it's bullshit and therefore believe that it works, and might skip actual effective treatment for whatever their ailment is in favor of cheaper (and totally ineffective) homeopathic whatever-the-hell. For that reason it should at least be regulated to the extent of having a big neon warning sticker on it that says, "This product is completely ineffective and accomplishes nothing other than setting your money on fire."
I'm all for outlawing it from a consumer advocacy standpoint because it's a scam, but otherwise it's just expensive water.
Except that it's ridiculously unregulated and it's not even actually "homeopathic" half the time, it contains actual pharmaceuticals or even just straight up poison.
Here's an example. It took ten years for the FDA to get this company to do a voluntary recall despite their product giving babies seizures.
https://www.statnews.com/2017/04/13/homeopathy-tablets-recall/
I'm amazed people aren't aware of this stuff.
Yeah, that's ridiculous.
Just slapping a "homeopathy" label on something with no oversight can't be an automatic dodge-all to regulation. If Hershey needs to prove what they put in a candy bar, anyone hawking homeopathic products should need to prove what they put in there as well.
That's the neat thing... They don't. Hershey can claim anything new is "generally recognized as safe" and skip all that. It was meant to grandfather in actual foodstuff, but it left a loophole that's frequently used to put in all sorts of substances not proven to be harmful