| *http://www.devicewatch.org/eav/letter_to-fda.shtml Lettre de ROB MCKENNA, Washington State Attorney General, et MARY SELECKY, Secretary, Washington State Department of Health, adressée à Timothy Ulatowski, Compliance Director U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health, fin 2007: | | *http://www.devicewatch.org/eav/letter_to-fda.shtml Lettre de ROB MCKENNA, Washington State Attorney General, et MARY SELECKY, Secretary, Washington State Department of Health, adressée à Timothy Ulatowski, Compliance Director U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health, fin 2007: |
| ''” We were encouraged by your recently announced commitment to block the import of the EPFX, and to investigate its manufacturer, distributors and operators. We believe your response to the Seattle Times series that exposed the dangers of the EPFX was appropriate and commendable. While the Seattle Times series presented an in-depth look at the dangers of one "energy medicine" device, it also alluded to the existence of dozens of other devices that are equally dangerous. We encourage you to expand your import block and investigation to those other devices. ...''<br>'' We request that the FDA consider not just the EPFX as the target of your investigation, but to include all of the unproven and dangerous medical devices that are currently being sold and used the U.S. market.''<br>'' In a recent review of Internet websites touting these devices, the Attorney General's Office was able to find the following numerous examples that are indistinguishable in their ineffectuality from the EPFX: NES, E-Lybra, LSA Biofeedback, QXCI/SCIO, Life System, CoRe, Oberon, Mars, Quantec, Metascan, Etascan, SCENAR, ACUSEN, Interx: VEGA, Prognos, Biomeridian, Rife, Bicom, BioPuslar, Mitosan Therapy, Bodyscan, Zappers, F-Scan, Q2, Syncrometer, Magnagraph, Merid, NES, Acusense, Listen, EQ4, Orion, Explorer, Computron, Elision, Interro, Interactive Query System, MORA, Matrix Physique System, Propylene, Punts III and Vitel. ...''<br>''We encourage you to ban the manufacture, distribution and use of these dangerous devices, to step up enforcement against those who are taking consumers' money and risking their health, and to generalize your approach to include more than just one device. ...’’" | | ''” We were encouraged by your recently announced commitment to block the import of the EPFX, and to investigate its manufacturer, distributors and operators. We believe your response to the Seattle Times series that exposed the dangers of the EPFX was appropriate and commendable. While the Seattle Times series presented an in-depth look at the dangers of one "energy medicine" device, it also alluded to the existence of dozens of other devices that are equally dangerous. We encourage you to expand your import block and investigation to those other devices. ...''<br>'' We request that the FDA consider not just the EPFX as the target of your investigation, but to include all of the unproven and dangerous medical devices that are currently being sold and used the U.S. market.''<br>'' In a recent review of Internet websites touting these devices, the Attorney General's Office was able to find the following numerous examples that are indistinguishable in their ineffectuality from the EPFX: NES, E-Lybra, LSA Biofeedback, QXCI/SCIO, Life System, CoRe, Oberon, Mars, Quantec, Metascan, Etascan, SCENAR, ACUSEN, Interx: VEGA, Prognos, Biomeridian, Rife, Bicom, BioPuslar, Mitosan Therapy, Bodyscan, Zappers, F-Scan, Q2, Syncrometer, Magnagraph, Merid, NES, Acusense, Listen, EQ4, Orion, Explorer, Computron, Elision, Interro, Interactive Query System, MORA, Matrix Physique System, Propylene, Punts III and Vitel. ...''<br>''We encourage you to ban the manufacture, distribution and use of these dangerous devices, to step up enforcement against those who are taking consumers' money and risking their health, and to generalize your approach to include more than just one device. ...’’" |