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Bookmark or Share- Snake oil - WikipediaClark Stanley's Snake Oil. Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam. Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. [1]
- A History Of 'Snake Oil Salesmen' : Code Switch - NPRAfter seizing a shipment of Stanley's Snake Oil in 1917, federal investigators found that it primarily contained mineral oil, a fatty oil believed to be beef fat, red pepper and turpentine....
- 8 Surprising Benefits of Snake Oil - Organic FactsSnake oil benefits include relief from arthritic pain, healthy skin and hair, stronger immune system, improved heart health, & increased cognitive function among others.
- Snake Oil Salesmen Were on to Something - Scientific AmericanFor centuries snake oil has been a folk remedy in Chinese medicine, used primarily to treat joint pain such as arthritis and bursitis.
- How snake oil got a bad name - The ConversationJust to confuse matters, Floridian reptile squalene – actual snake oil – has been credibly proposed by scientists for use in COVID vaccines.
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