As we talk about people drinking bleach and ivermectin, πΊπΈ Representative Ro Khanna and 24 others have just sent a letter to FDA to request guidelines on protection of "genuine homeopathic products".
Let that phrase sink in:
> genuine homeopathic products
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As I read it, "genuine homeopathic product" is a product made by one of the manufacturers designated as "genuine", thus saving them the hurdle of competing on the difficult snake oil market.
Homeopathic products are a very curious case, especially when put against the anti-vaxxer complaints about vaccines being "insufficiently tested".
Not only homeopathy doesn't go through *any* clinical trials but in many EU countries it's the only medical product that has an explicit exception and simply doesn't need any evidence of efficacy.
That's what lobbying from German and Swiss industry has done.