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SUMMARY:Skeptical Activism & The Quacklash - Simon Perry
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CONTACT:Andrew N Holding
DESCRIPTION:Simon is an active campaigner against nonsense. Using the ASA\
 , Trading Standards\, other regulatory bodies and even gaining help from M
 Ps\, his campaigns have helped shut down dodgy allergy test services\, pre
 vented traditional chinese medicine salesmen from claiming to cure cancer 
 and exposed psychic scams.\n\nHis largest involvement in a campaign\, coin
 ed the "Quacklash" by Jack of Kent involved almost 600 separate letters be
 ing sent to trading standards to report claims to treat childhood diseases
  with a back rub. 60 of the letters gained 500 signatories. Further compla
 ints were issued with the General Chiropractic Council.\n\nSimon will be e
 xplaining the techniques he's used to fight woo\, what works and what does
 n't and tell stories about some of the crazy nonsense he's encountered alo
 ng the way.\n\nSimon runs Leicester Skeptics in the Pub\, blogs at http://
 adventuresinnonsense.blogspot.com and writes a skeptical column in the Lei
 cester Mercury. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Simon_
 Perry.
LOCATION:The Maypole
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