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'''Pap-Ion Magnetic Inductor''' ('''PAP-IMI''' or '''Papimi''')<ref>[http://www.papimi.gr/ Manufacturers' website]</ref> is an "[[energy medicine]]" device. It is illegal for use in the United States due to lack of [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] approval, |
'''Pap-Ion Magnetic Inductor''' ('''PAP-IMI''' or '''Papimi''')<ref>[http://www.papimi.gr/ Manufacturers' website]</ref> is an "[[energy medicine]]" device. It is illegal for use in the United States due to lack of [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] approval,<ref name="snakeoil">{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/medicaldevices/ |date=December 26, 2008 |work=[[Seattle Times]] |title=Miracle Machines: The 21st-Century Snake Oil}}</ref><ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004022169_miraclegolob19m0.html Risky devices found in Issaquah, Bellevue], [[Seattle Times]], 19 November 2007</ref> [[Jay Inslee]] of the [[House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations]] states that it "claims to pulse the body with electromagnetic waves, has been marketed as a rapid-healing machine to patients suffering cancer, AIDS, chronic fatigue and allergies, among other health problems." The device is described as "potentially dangerous".<ref>[http://www.house.gov/inslee/issues/health/medical_devices.html Letter from rep. Jay Inslee] (House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations), 20 November 2007.</ref> |
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Actor [[Dan Haggerty]] has appeared in commercial endorsements for the device, although there is no evidence he was aware of the legal and ethical problems associated with it at the time he agreed to endorse it.<ref name="snakeoil"/> |
Actor [[Dan Haggerty]] has appeared in commercial endorsements for the device, although there is no evidence he was aware of the legal and ethical problems associated with it at the time he agreed to endorse it.<ref name="snakeoil"/> |
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Revision as of 12:30, 12 September 2011
Pap-Ion Magnetic Inductor (PAP-IMI or Papimi)[1] is an "energy medicine" device. It is illegal for use in the United States due to lack of FDA approval,[2][3] Jay Inslee of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations states that it "claims to pulse the body with electromagnetic waves, has been marketed as a rapid-healing machine to patients suffering cancer, AIDS, chronic fatigue and allergies, among other health problems." The device is described as "potentially dangerous".[4]
Actor Dan Haggerty has appeared in commercial endorsements for the device, although there is no evidence he was aware of the legal and ethical problems associated with it at the time he agreed to endorse it.[2]
Although importation of the device to the US is illegal, a number of machines were imported under false descriptions.[5]
References
- ^ Manufacturers' website
- ^ a b "Miracle Machines: The 21st-Century Snake Oil". Seattle Times. December 26, 2008.
- ^ Risky devices found in Issaquah, Bellevue, Seattle Times, 19 November 2007
- ^ Letter from rep. Jay Inslee (House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations), 20 November 2007.
- ^ "Federal agency bans import of fugitive's 'miracle machines'". Sun Journal. Seattle. 9 December 2007.
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