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Retired Engineer Bob

(759 posts) Tue Sep 7, 2021, 12:03 PM Sep 2021

Who here remembers the leatrile controversy? [View all]

It was the miracle cure for cancer. Pushed by snake oil salespersons, demanded by the sheep - despite it being proven by science to be useless.

I see a lot of similarities to the ivermectin craze we are now experiencing.

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Who here remembers the leatrile controversy? [View all] Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 OP

I remember when some people thought it would cure AIDS. Mariana Sep 2021 #1

and new Spray-On Laetril musette_sf Sep 2021 #2

That's one of the things Steve McQueen was using, when he died Siwsan Sep 2021 #3

Laetrile was the first quack medicine I remember SCantiGOP Sep 2021 #6

From what I read, the surgery to remove the tumors is what triggered the heart attack Siwsan Sep 2021 #9

Yes, I think it was made from peach and apricot pits. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #4

Paul Krugman makes a good point n/t Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 #5

Wow this is good FakeNoose Sep 2021 #15

Yes. treestar Sep 2021 #7

in fairness, at that time there was very little choice Voltaire2 Sep 2021 #8

You have a good point Retired Engineer Bob Sep 2021 #11

His diagnosis was hopeless SCantiGOP Sep 2021 #12

Supporters tried everything, including trying to classify it as a vitamin (B17). Eugene Sep 2021 #10

At least the laetrile thing was understandable; desperate, dying people can be susceptible to such sop Sep 2021 #13

I remember it DFW Sep 2021 #14

Yes and a friend of mine decided to eat apple seeds because of it LeftInTX Sep 2021 #16

Yikes. Eat enough apple seeds and you will get cyanide poisoning. roamer65 Sep 2021 #17

Steve McQueen actually went to Mexico to access it. tblue37 Sep 2021 #18

Less than 10 years ago I had a patient demand, then beg for Leatrile Maru Kitteh Sep 2021 #19

Oh, Delphinus Sep 2021 #20