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The organisers state that homoeopathy is "an unscientific and absurd pseudoscience", and that, according to their statement, "There is nothing in it." They question the ethics of selling treatments to the public which have not been proven to be efficacious and are widely disregarded by the scientific
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A second overdose was organised for 5–6 February 2011. Worldwide, the campaign received commitments of participation from 70 cities in 30 countries. In the United Kingdom, events took place in Manchester, as part of the
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also participated in the worldwide 10:23 Campaign. They carried out their tongue-in-cheek suicide attempt in Brussels and Amsterdam specifically to protest the recognition of homeopathic preparations by the
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dismissed the 10:23 Campaign as "grossly irresponsible", describing the public overdose as dangerous, and claimed that the participants had no understanding of how to select remedies appropriately.
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On 30 January 2010, members participated in a protest involving a mass overdose of homoeopathic products to demonstrate its inefficacy. Many protesters stood outside branches of
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to prove that homoeopathy was efficacious to win a prize and himself overdosed on homoeopathic sleeping pills as part of his stage show.
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The campaign aims to raise awareness of implausible and unsubstantiated claims made by homoeopaths. It opposes
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In April 2012, at the Berkeley SkeptiCal conference, over 100 people participated in a mass overdose, taking
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organization joined this happening when its members tried to publicly overdose themselves in
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Notable scientists and public figures have shown support for the 10:23 Campaign, including
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SkeptiCal group overdosing on homoeopathic solution. Berkeley, CA 21 April 2012
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There have been no reports of ill effects following any of the overdoses.
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James Randi's Challenge to Homeopathy Manufacturers and Retail Pharmacies
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Mixing Homeopathic "Remedies" for 2011 San Francisco 10:23 "Overdose"
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in 2010, the idea was adopted to hold an international event.
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The campaign gained international coverage in the press from
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International awareness campaign against homoeopathy
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Michael Marshall
QED 2011
homoeopathy
Merseyside Skeptics Society
non-profit organisation
SKEPP
Ghent University
stunt
snake poison
belladonna
arsenic
Skeptics in the Pub
Avogadro number
high street
Boots UK
Hungarian Skeptic Society
Szeged
Society against Quackery
Stichting Skepsis
Amsterdam
Boots UK
QED Conference
Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij
Stichting Skepsis
European Parliament
Sisyfos
Prague

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