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368,379 people killed, 306,096 injured and over $2,815,931,000 in economic
damages
What's the harm in ozone therapy?
Ozone or oxygenation therapy is based on a non-scientific theory that oxygen content in tissue is key to disease. It uses ozone or hydrogen peroxide as an alleged treatment.
Read more about ozone therapy
Here are 13 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.
Leslie Bramston
Age: 44 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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Died (untreated cancer)
November 2004
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Seeking a cure for her cancer, she was sold vitamin and herbal treatments for thousands of dollars. Finally she was injected with cesium chloride as part of an ozone therapy, and she died. Read more
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Brendon Johnson
Age: 36 Melbourne, NSW, Australia
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Died
April 2007
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He travelled to Melbourne and paid AUS $23,000 for six weeks of treatment including ozone therapy. He died a mere three weeks later. The clinic had been investigated in 2005 but somehow remained open. Read more
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Shannon O'Donnell & 6 other Australians
Stirling, South Australia, Australia
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Died (untreated cancer)
2003
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A friend recommended the doctor for her pancreatic cancer. He treated her with "ozone therapy" and showed her nude photos of his other patients. She died 36 days after beginning treatment. Six other Australians have died from this bogus treatment. Read more
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Melissa Taylor
Age: 33 Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Hospitalized
June 22, 2006
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This New Zealand woman travelled to Thailand for a cancer cure involving "ozone therapy." The treatment made her so sick she passed out and was hospitalized. The practitioner had served prison terms in the U.S. She later died. Read more
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"Jane Roe"
Age: 29 South Australia
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Paid $3,000 for useless therapy, Died
2005
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Ozone therapy, Quack cancer treatment Read more
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