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Part Two: The Founding Father of Fake Cancer Cures

Behind the Bastards

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The Fucking One Saved a Lot of Lives, Billy.

In 1956, the FDA published a warning in the federal register revealing that its scientists had thoroughly investigated Hoxie's preparations and found them to be both useless and potentially deadly. The agency estimated 3,000 people were kept away from Hoxie’s snake oil in the first 30 weeks. In 1957, they doubled down on this by asking U.S. post offices across the country, more than 46,000 of them, to put up public-aware posters warning patients about Hoxie't care. And you know what else saves a lot of lives, Billy? Like so many lives. Therapeutically and medicinally guaranteed FDA backed to save lives. Every single product

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