Quackwatch
Sign in to saveQuackwatch is a United States-based website focused on promoting consumer protection and providing information about health related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies, and misconduct. It primarily targets alternative medicine, questionable health claims, and practices it considers pseudoscience. It was founded in 1996 by Stephen Barrett, a retired psychiatrist and former co-chair of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Initially operated under the nonprofit Quackwatch, Inc., it became part of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) in 2020. Its content is now maintained by CFI's Office of Consumer Protection
Official website
Just a moment...
quackwatch.org →Link to the official site · 452 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- quackwatch.org/cases
Show 3 more facts
- inception
- 1969-00-00
- Alexa rank
- 194702
- title
- Quackwatch
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Mission and scope
- Site content
- Related and subsidiary sites
- Influence
- Mention in media, books, and journals
- Citations by journalists
- Recommendations and endorsements
- Site reviews
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links

www.quackwatch.org ==================