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MEDIA ADVISORY MORE THAN 3000 MEDICAL
SPECIALISTS MEETING IN VANCOUVER JUNE 23-26 Vancouver, B.C., June 22/04. - Families Against Abusive Chiropractic Treatments (FAACT) will stage a demonstration tomorrow morning between 7.00 a.m and 9.00 a.m in front of the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre urging the more than 3000 medical specialists attending the 5th World Stroke Congress to support a ban on neck manipulation procedures by chiropractors. “Our demonstration will be highly visible to attract the attention of delegates as we intend to have an eight foot high cross bearing the information of the more than 300 people who have died or been seriously injured as a result of chiropractic neck treatments,” said Michael deChamplain, founder of the organization stated. “We want governments to get off their butt and support a moratorium on the chiropractic procedure and then have an independent scientific review before another person is paralyzed or dies as a result of neck manipulation by chiropractors.” “Physicians, neurologists, pediatricians and other medical specials around the world have warned the public that neck manipulation is causing everything from mild strokes, to quadriplegia, to death,” he said. “Even the president of the Canadian Chiropractic Association has been quoted as saying there is a risk of complications associated with neck adjustments.” Mr. deChamplain says he believes one of the primary reasons governments will not act responsibly is directly related to money. “The chiropractic associations in Canada and around the world have strong lobby groups who are active in political affairs and provide generous contributions to politicians,” he said. “As well, chiropractic neck manipulation is a mainstay of chiropractors resulting in millions and millions of dollars, and for them to have to give up this part of their practice would mean a huge financial loss.” “There are many similarities to the way the chiropractic profession stonewalls any investigations and the public position taken by the tobacco companies in the sixties when they refused to admit any responsibility whatsoever that smoking contributed to respiratory and lung disease, including cancer by using in-house studies and legal maneuvering to avoid any culpability,” the North Vancouver businessman concluded. Contact: Michael deChamplain
Tel: 604-982-0929 Cell: 604-868-9565
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