Joseph Mercola has tangled with the US Government repeatedly over the last 20 years: the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration.
The charges: False or Unsubstantiated Safety Claims, False FDA Endorsement and Proof Claims, False or Unsubstantiated Anti-Aging Claims, Failure to Disclose Material Connection with Endorser, Failure to Disclose Material Facts Related to Health.
At one point he was taken to court and wound up being fined $2.5 million for one of his bogus schemes.
He hasn't practiced medicine for years. Instead he's made a hundred million dollars selling books, potions, and gizmos. He does pretty well.
Read all about it through the links in the comment below.
2005 http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/EnforcementActivitiesbyFDA/CyberLetters/ucm059189.gov
2006 https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2005/ucm076069.htm
2011 https://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2011/ucm250701.htm
2017 https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2017/02/ftc-providing-full-refunds-mercola-brand-tanning-system-purchasers
2021 https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/mercolacom-llc-607133-02182021
https://archive.is/Y2vos
https://quackwatch.org/11ind/mercola/
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