[ RadSafe ] October 2011 Thread "Scaremongering for Fun and Profit.."

Fri Jan 13 00:26:49 CST 2012

Busby no longer has privileges on this list. Neither will anyone else who continues to bring this up. The topic is closed. 

To be clear to all, This topic is not to come up again. 

Thanks,

Jeff

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On Jan 13, 2012, at 12:16 AM, Stewart Farber <SAFarber at optonline.net> wrote:

> Hello list,
> A few months ago on Radsafe there was a thread regarding claims about the
> benefits of rad detox pills being promoted and sold by Dr. Christopher Busby
> to the people of Japan. The pills were claimed by Busby as raising money for
> the Christopher Busby Foundation for the Children of Fukushima  [ CBFCF ]
> and supposedly effective in minimizing the uptake and potential  health
> risks of radioactivity uptake which may have occurred due to releases from
> the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following  damages caused by the
> earthquake and tsunami near Japan.
> 
> To see the October thread,  refer to the link below. Beneath the link is a
> copy of the text of several posts I made, along with posts by Chris Busby,
> K.S. Parthasarathy, and Steven Dapra. As I mentioned, the Japanese web page
> [ www.detox4u.com ] for the CBFCF has a phone number for the Christopher
> Busby Laboratories that is the same number as that listed on the web for a
> company called  Uedecell. A rough Google translation of links to Uedecell
> which I included in my post refer to what appear to be one or more
> subsidiaries of Uedecel.
> 
> Busby has made many questionable claims, without substantiation, about the
> supposed benefits of the expensive detox mineral pills Busby is selling, and
> implies that the funds raised by these sales, or by direct donations to the
> bank accounts of  Green Audit which he operates, are being  donated in full
> to the "Children of Fukushima". However,  there is nothing to indicate in
> the detox4u.com wbsite that the separate firm Uedecell or any of its
> subsidiaries are involved in promoting the sale of the rad detox pills being
> sold by Busby and the CBFCF. There is also nothing apparent in the web links
> about whether Uedecell is engaging in any scientifically questionable
> actions connected with Busby's actions. Uedecell perhaps manufactures the
> mineral tablets being sold by Busby,  but that is unclear from the
> information on the www.detox4u.com  Japanese website or elsewhere.
> 
> Busby has refused to answer questions posed on Radsafe including such things
> as the legal status of the CBFCF, whether it is operating as a non-profit,
> where it is registered, and what funds have been raised and how they have
> been distributed to the potential benefit of the "Children of Fukushima",
> however these issues are independent of Udecell.
> 
> For earlier link posts on the subject of the Busby detox pills and
> www.detox4u.com, see the Radsafe Archives at:
> 
> http://health.phys.iit.edu/archives/2011-October/034376.html
> 
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> Bridgeport, CT 06604
> SAFarber at optonline.net
> 203-441-8433
> =====================
> TEXT OF THREAD:
> [ RadSafe ] FW: SCAREMONGERING FOR FUN AND PROFIT - There are other magic
> pills
> Stewart Farber SAFarber at optonline.net 
> Tue Oct 18 10:06:10 CDT 2011 
> 
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> The phone number given on the Busby detox4u.com magic rad detox pill site
> [TEL: 415-670-9311 ] as being the phone number for  "Busby Laboratories"
> comes up after googling a few links as the US number for a foreign company
> Uedacell, which sells skin rejuvenation products. It does not appear there
> is no legal entity called " Busby Laboratories". See:
> 
> http://www.uedacell.com/lang/en/about-anc-ueda-tech-inc/
> 
> 
> It would seem that "Busby Laboratories" is another fantasy world act of
> self-aggrandizement by a person who enjoys seeing their name in print, no
> matter what lies have to told.  Nonsense is  being foisted on the scared
> people of Japan, recovering from multiple disasters,  for the personal
> profit of a con-man.  I can't imagine a more despicable action.
> 
> 
> "The plot sickens" as is said.
> 
> Stewart Farber, MSPH
> email: SAFarber at optonline.net
> 203-441-8433
> 
> 
> GOOGLE TRANSLATION OF
> http://www.uedacell.com/lang/en/about-anc-ueda-tech-inc/   [aka " Busby
> Laboratories" ]
> 
> About Anc Ueda Tech Inc 
> 
> 
> Korea is a listed company (Ltd.) Anc Bio Holdings (KOSDAQ Q39670, Iikufan
> typical), a subsidiary of (bottom) Anc Bio (Choi Jung-won President) will be
> entered into a technology licensing agreement with the cell treatments, a
> joint company ( Anc Ueda Tech Inc company. Hyoung Hwa Jeong President) was
> established. 
> 
> The next (lower) Anc Bio, the Corporation with the Anc Bio Holdings, the
> world will continue to expand sales of cosmetic products tailor-made stem
> cells of our products and cosmetics. 
> 
> At the same time, Vermont and American (bottom) EB is a joint venture with
> the Anc Bio-technology was chosen because the cells of our stem cell program
> five plants, will, in cooperation with Vermont, the right product sales
> holdings, Anc Ueda Tech Inc. We have the global expansion. 
> 
> Also, now including politicians and government officials in Vermont, South
> Korean politicians are invited to name the 20, EB-held a reception party in
> South Korea was established in plant stem cell program 5. 
> 
> 
> Occasion, Anc Ueda Tech Inc. Are, EB - We acquired this exclusive
> distribution rights in plant stem cell program in Japan 5.
> 
> 
> ====
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Stewart Farber <SAFarber at optonline.net>
> wrote:
> One of the links on Busby's Japanese site [ See http://www.4u-detox.com  ]
> pointing people to order his trace mineral detox4u tablets for $75 a bottle,
> notes that the company which manufactures his magic pills [Busby
> Laboratories according to the label of the bottle shown on-line ] is located
> in California.
> 
> The address given is:
> USA
> 341 Cabrillo
> San Pedro, CA
> TEL: 415-670-9311
> Mail: contact at 4u-detox.com
> 
> =====================
> If the pills that Busby is selling are made in the US,  as seems to be the
> case, it should be something the US Food and Drug Administration may be
> interested,  since Busby is making such extreme, unsubstantiated claims
> about the benefits of trace amounts of 4 minerals Ca, Mg, Se, and Mo. found
> in higher or similar concentrations in almost any multivitamin.
> 
> If there was ever doubt in anyone's mind that "Dr. Busby" is a scare-monger
> trying to profit financially by scaring people, one only needs to watch his
> nauseating display swinging on a child's swing in a playground in Sweden. [
> See http://www.4u-detox.com  ]. No matter how much one tries to puff up
> one's CV, exaggerations of the benefits of some product after scaring people
> based on distortions and falsehoods, is ultimately reprehensible, if not
> illegal behavior.
> 
> Watch the video.  It's enlightening and on a certain level quite funny.
> 
> 
> One of the pages on the detox.com Japanese site is roughly translated from
> the Japanese by Google:
> ===========================
> 
> Dr. Busby http://www.4u-detox.com/ Supplement # cc-m-product-5770752970 5800
> 
> Dr. Busby supplements
> Mixed calcium and magnesium supplements were developed over the years, Dr.
> Christopher Busby of the European Radiation Risk Committee.
> 
> 
> 
> Calcium Magnesium has been used, an American factory using supplements and
> world renowned Jonathan Light supplements are manufactured using our
> carefully selected ingredients.
> 
> 
> Component
> 
> Calcium Lactate 800mg
> 
> 800mg calcium lactate
> Magnesium Oxide 300mg
> 
> 300mg of magnesium oxide
> Sodium selenate 50micrograms
> 
> Sodium selenite 50micrograms
> Sodium molybdate 25micrograms
> 
> 25micrograms sodium molybdate
> plus cellulose etc bulking agents etc
> 
> Cellulose and the like
> ====================
> 
> Another link on the www.4u-detox.com site asks for donations to be sent to
> Busby. The donations page link is:
> 
> http://www.cbfcf.org/donation
> 
> Scroll down to the link for "Donations" and it takes you to a bank account
> for Account: Green Audit.
> Since money is being solicited for wire transfer directly to "Green Audit"
> Busby's anti-nuclear activist group it would suggest there is no separate
> legal entity called the  "Chris Busby Foundation for the Children of
> Fukushima".
> 
> For a very rough translation of the Japanese cover page intro to the
> www.cbfcf.org   [cbfcf.org = "Chris Busby Foundation for the Children of
> Fukushima.org":
> see the Google translation below. Busby is hawking a link to his mineral
> pills and asking people to save hair samples for Uranium analysis to use for
> future lawsuits. See the http://www.cbfcf.org/ site, copy the Japanese text,
> and paste it into the translate from Japanese to English or German or
> whatever to get an idea of what this so called foundation pushing the sale
> of expensive mineral supplements is all about.
> 
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> Farber Medical Solutions, LLC
> Bridgeport, CT 06604
> 
> 203-441-8433
> 
> ===========
> 
> 
> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:07:32 -0400, parthasarathy k s <ksparth at
> yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> Dear Steven,
> 
> Chris Busby is not alone in selling magic pills against radiation. For the
> past two years, I have been keeping track of a company which sells what is
> known as "BioshieldRadiation". Their claims have no basis. They were
> marketing an expensive dietary supplement for radiation workers, frequent
> fliers, people resident near nuclear power plants etc. The company managed
> to get their product endorsed by some interventional cardiologists. The
> contact is mutually beneficial. Cardiologists can use CT scan units in an
> unbridled way, because if the patients consume their magic pill, the ill
> effects of radiation will vanish!!. Some cardiologists are prescribing the
> pill to their patients. Auntminnie.com a trade journal published an article
> on the pill without asking any questions. The company did not publish any
> papers on their product in a peer reviewed journal. They presented papers in
> conferences; they published press releases.
> 
> 
> An adviser to the company claimed that the company secured an order worth
> millions of dollars from Japan for the magic pills after the Fukushima
> accident.  US FDA caught up with them and issued the following warning
> letter.
> 
> http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm253423.htm
> 
> The company continued to sell on line the magic pill for several months.
> Recently, their once attractive web site is getting redesigned. They have
> withdrawn the earlier contents, possibly to satisfy the USFDA.
> 
> Believe it or not a prestigious medical journal from the UK accepted a paper
> from me against the magic pill for publication as a feature article,
> revealed its soft underbelly, dilly dallied for several months and informed
> me that they cannot publish it for fear of litigation!
> 
> Radiation safety professionals must be constantly alert against the snake
> oil merchants!
> 
> Regards
> Parthasarathy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com>
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> <radsafe at agni.phys.iit.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, 16 October 2011, 2:56
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] SCAREMONGERING FOR FUN AND PROFIT --RE: The Bereted
> Wonder and his Pills
> 
> Oct. 15
> 
>        "Not sanctioned" by you, but the magic pills are in bottle
> that says "Busby Labs" and you are pushing them as hard as you
> can.  What do you have to do before your sanction is on a product?
> 
>        What are your medical qualifications to tell anyone what
> medicines or medicinals he should take?  Sounds to me like you are
> getting very close to practicing medicine without a license.
> 
> Steven Dapra
> 
> 
> At 07:46 AM 10/15/2011, you wrote:
> Not sanctioned by me; All I do is say what they should take. They
> can get it at the health food shop.
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sat 15/10/2011 02:01
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> Bereted Wonder and his Pills
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> If there was ever any doubt that "Dr. Chris"....  was a scaremonger who it
> could be argued exemplifies the worst actions of a con-man trying to profit
> by misleading vulnerable people,  they should look at the link posted by
> Roger Helbig below.
> 
> http://www.4u-detox.com/
> 
> Dr. Phil had better watch out since Dr. Chris wants to bump Dr. Phil out of
> the limelight by presenting world-saving YouTube performances about the
> dangers of Fukushima.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
> Farber Medical Solutions, LLC
> Bridgeport, CT 06604
> 
> 203-441-8433
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