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Poisons, Begone! // The dubious science behind the Scientologists' detoxification program for 9/11 rescue workers

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Title: Poisons, Begone! // The dubious science behind the Scientologists' detoxification program for 9/11 rescue workers
Date: Thursday, 21 October 2004
Publisher: Slate Magazine
Author: Amanda Schaffer
Main source: slate.com
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Tags: 9/11 • A. Kwabena Nyamekye • Amanda Schaffer • Clear Body, Clear Mind (book) • Cost • David E. Root • Detox • Downtown Medical • Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education (FASE) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Fundraising • Keith W. Miller • Margarita Lopez • Medical claims • New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Program • Public funding • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Slate Magazine • Tom Cruise • William Michael Moore

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In September 2002, the New York Rescue Workers Detox Project began to offer free "detoxification treatment" to firefighters, police officers, and others exposed to high levels of toxic debris in the aftermath of the World Trade Center's collapse. The detox program—based on the teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and detailed in his book Clear Body, Clear Mind—purports to "flush" poisons from the body's fat stores using an intensive regimen of jogging, oil ingestion, sauna, and high doses of vitamins, ... [Read the rest at slate.com]