/oss/taxonomy/term/4379/all en /oss/article/health-pseudoscience/product-will-not-cure-your-cancer-consumer-watchdog-raises-alarm-illegal-claims-made-natural-health <p>The Canadian market is awash with claims that some natural health products (NHPs) can treat or cure cancer even though these claims are illegal, a <a href="https://badsciencewatch.ca/natural-health-product-retailers-sell-cancer-cures/">new study</a> from the consumer protection organization Bad Science Watch reveals. Twenty percent of the NHPs surveyed by the group made direct claims (such as “anti-cancerous” or “important in the treatment of breast and colon cancer”), while 30% of the products evaluated made similar but indirect claims (e.g.</p> Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:06:50 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8158 at /oss