In the event you were incensed as much as I was watching people pocket millions by selling useless "wrist placebos", you'll be happy to see that the Australian Consumer Complaints Resolution Panel has just rendered a judgement against the sellers of the "PowerBalance wrist bands" for "False and misleading advertising" and is forcing them to issue a retraction of their previous claims.
If only they had also been directed to return the millions they've collected in the process of selling this nonsense...
Full info is here:
www.kitesurfing.com.au/documents/CRP2010-06-018PowerWristBandsdoc.pdfSee the last two pages for the retraction and the original claims made.
A small victory for science and reason!
In case you missed the SMH article recently:
www.smh.com.au/national/the-power-of-one--band-claims-to-be-tackled-by-health-regulator-20100623-yz9c.html
