Call to remove homeopathics from shops

Published: 6:42PM Saturday January 30, 2010 Source: ONE News

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There has been a call for chemists to remove some of the country's most popular remedies from their shelves.

A group of sceptics in Christchurch deliberately over-dosed on a variety of homeopathic treatments in order to highlight just how ineffective the natural remedies are.

The local pharmacy guild has no plans to stop selling the remedies, saying there is a place for them so long as customers are told they only may help.

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