i heard that iridology is a scam.
"Iridology is absolute nonsense, based on pseudo-scientific principles. I believe the Record does a serious disservice to the public by publishing on-sided accounts of alternative treatments. I contacted optometrists and the University of Waterloo on iridology. the conclude it is a scam.
Iridology can result in a condition not being diagnosed or in people being treated for something that doesn't exist.
These diagnostic techniques are dangerous. When people are misdiagnosed by quacks, they are prevented from getting proper care by qualified medical people.
People are seeking alternative cancer treatments in large numbers. This does not justify printing nonsense articles.
In the middle ages, unicorn dust was sold as a cure for everything imaginable though there were no unicorns. The emporer is still devoid of his clothes." -Hugh Bird, RR 2, Baden, Ontario
Hugh Bird authored this letter to the editor in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on September 17, 1998. The Record had published a feature article by Ottawa area freelance writer Beck Rynor.