Concentrations of halogenated volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in several chlorine-bleach-containing household products (n = 42) sold in Europe and North America were measured. The types and commonly used components (declared by the manufacturers) of the products covered in the present study are summarized in Table 1.
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Health fraud is often used as a synonym for quackery, but quackery's salient characteristic is its more aggressive promotion (quacks quack!).  Pseudo-medicine  is a term for treatments known to be ineffective, regardless of whether their advocates themselves believe in their effectiveness.uackery is the promotion of false and unproven health schemes for a profit. It is rooted in the traditions of the marketplace, with commercialism overwhelming professionalism in the marketing of alternative medicine.