Web Sites

The Quackwatch Web site was launched in December 1996. Our other sites are:

• Acupuncture Watch (started 2/05): The skeptical guide to acupuncture history, theories, and practices
• Allergy Watch (8/07): Your guide to questionable theories and practices.
• Autism Watch (7/04): Your scientific guide to autism
• Cancer Treatment Watch (8/05): Your guide to sensible cancer treatment
• Casewatch (7/04): Your guide to health fraud- and quackery-related legal matters
• Chelation Watch (7/04): A skeptical view of chelation therapy
• Chirobase (10/98): Your skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and practices
• Credential Watch (2/05): Your guide to health-related education and training
• Dental Watch (6/02): Your guide to intelligent dental care
• Device Watch (7/04): Your guide to questionable medical devices
• Diet Scam Watch (11/04): Your guide to weight-control schemes and ripoffs
• Homeowatch (11/01): Your skeptical guide to homeopathic history, theories, and practices
• Infomercial Watch (7/04): A critical view of the health infomercial marketplace
• Internet Health Pilot (1/02): Your gateway to reliable health information
• Insurance Reform Watch (4/09): Your guide to an equitable health care system
• Mental Health Watch (7/04): Your guide to the mental help marketplace
• MLM Watch (1/99): The skeptical guide to multilevel marketing
• Naturowatch (6/03): The skeptical guide to naturopathic history, theories, and practices
• NCCAM Watch (11/05): An antidote to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Nutriwatch (3/00): Your guide to sensible nutrition
• Pharmwatch (8/05): Your guide to the drug marketplace and lower costs

Dr. Barrett maintains these sites with help from many volunteers.

Service Providers

• Members of our advisory boards review articles upon request.
• Our chief counsel is Michael K. Botts; 1629 K. St., N.W., Suite 300; Washington, DC 20006 (202-204-2236)
• Our web-page design was developed by Marty Mapes of Boulder Information Services.
• Dr. Barrett's son Daniel Barrett, a software engineer, provides general technical support.
• Our Internet Service Provider is 10types, which provides outstanding equipment, service, and technical support.
• Programming of the WebGlimpse search engine is maintained by Adam Baratz.
• Robert King edits our audio and video segments.
• OnlyMyEmail provides SPAM protection.

Sources of Income

The total cost of operating all of our sites and research activities runs between $7,000 and $10,000 per year. Quackwatch has never had any salaried employees. It operates with minimal expense, funded mainly by small individual donations, commissions from sales on other sites to which we refer, and profits from the sale of publications. If its income falls below what is needed for the research, the rest comes out of Dr. Barrett's pocket. Except for the sales commissions, neither Quackwatch nor Dr. Barrett have any financial tie to any commercial or industrial organization.

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