UK medical practitioners are trying to silence critics of their questionable methods.

[noracharles]

Science writer Simon Singh has written an article where he questions the use of chiropractic in the treatment of asthma and other infant conditions. Now The British Chiropractic Association has sued him for libel. UK libel law is special in that in places the burden of proof on the defendant, and the trials are very costly.

This is clearly an attempt to silence him, and for the BCA to avoid defending their medical treatments through discussion of the peer reviewed medical literature or through debate in the mainstream media.

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