10:23 Campaign

International awareness campaign against homoeopathy January 2020 April 2014 220px|right|English 10:23 logo. thumb|Michael Marshall leads a homoeopathic overdose at QED 2011. The 10:23 Campaign (stylized as 1023) is an awareness and protest campaign against homoeopathy organised by the Merseyside Skeptics Society,1023.org.uk http://www.1023.org.uk/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200821165358/http://www.1023.org.uk/ 2020-08-21 2 November 2013 a non-profit organisation, to oppose the sale of homoeopathic products in the United Kingdom. The campaign has staged public "overdoses" of homoeopathic preparations.Overdose' protest against homeopathy https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8488286.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20100202080153/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8488286.stm 2 February 2010 BBC News 2 November 2013 live dmy Liverpool anti-homeopathy campaigners stage protest https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8488946.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20100202075630/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8488946.stm 2 February 2010 BBC News 2 November 2013 live dmy Origin and name In 2004, the Belgian skeptical organisation SKEPP made headlines when thirty skeptics at Ghent University performed a "mass suicide stunt" with an overdose of homeopathically diluted snake poison, belladonna and arsenic, in an attempt to publicly show that homeopathy does not work.http://skepp.be/nl/gezondheid/alternatieve-behandelingen/homeopathie/gif-slikken-om-homeopathie-te-ontmaskeren Gif slikken om homeopathie te ontmaskeren Hilde Pauwels De Standaard VUMmedia 12 January 2004 25 August 2014 nl 3 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131203055622/http://skepp.be/nl/gezondheid/alternatieve-behandelingen/homeopathie/gif-slikken-om-homeopathie-te-ontmaskeren live nl De Homeopathie stunt https://web.archive.org/web/20131203061532/http://skepp.be/nl/gezondheid/alternatieve-behandelingen/homeopathie/de-homeopathie-stunt 3 December 2013 . Skepp.be, 1 March 2004 (overview of media articles)Bonneux Luc May–June 2004 Belgium Skeptics Commit Mass Suicide http://www.csicop.org/si/show/belgium_skeptics_commit_mass_suicide/ Skeptical Inquirer Committee for Skeptical Inquiry 28 3 25 August 2014 2 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100102034559/http://www.csicop.org/si/show/belgium_skeptics_commit_mass_suicide live When Belgian skeptics met with Merseyside Skeptics during a Skeptics in the Pub in 2010, the idea was adopted to hold an international event.http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2010/09/skeptics-with-a-k-episode-031/ Skeptics with a K: Episode No. 031 Hall Mike Marshall Marsh Michael Marshall (skeptic) Harris Colin Skeptics with a K 31 podcast Merseyside Skeptics Society 23 September 2010 25 August 2014 8 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140208222842/http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2010/09/skeptics-with-a-k-episode-031/ live 14:27 The campaign's name, 10:23, comes from the Avogadro number, which is approximately 6.022 × 1023.10:23 Frequently Asked Questions http://www.1023.org.uk/faq.php dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200727130656/http://www.1023.org.uk/faq.php 2020-07-27 1 November 2013 Aims The campaign aims to raise awareness of implausible and unsubstantiated claims made by homoeopaths. It opposes high street retailers, such as Boots UK, stocking homoeopathic remedies alongside medicine, saying that "the support lent by Boots to this quack therapy contributes directly to its acceptance as a valid medical treatment by the British public, acceptance it does not warrant and support it does not deserve."Merseyside Skeptics Society Merseyside Skeptics Society 2009-11-27 An Open Letter to Alliance Boots https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2009/11/an-open-letter-to-alliance-boots/ 2024-06-03 The Skeptic 3 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240603212631/https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2009/11/an-open-letter-to-alliance-boots/ live The organisers state that homoeopathy is "an unscientific and absurd pseudoscience", and that, according to their statement, "There is nothing in it."https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527455.800-homeopathy-overdosing-on-nothing.html?full=true#.UnRhavn0F8E Homeopathy: Overdosing on nothingMerseyside Skeptics Society Merseyside Skeptics Society The 10:23 Challenge http://www.1023.org.uk/the-1023-challenge.php dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200819072418/http://www.1023.org.uk/the-1023-challenge.php 2020-08-19 12 April 2011 They question the ethics of selling treatments to the public which have not been proven to be efficacious and are widely disregarded by the scientific community.Davis Margaret https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/mass-overdose-staged-in-homeopathic-protest-1884019.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/mass-overdose-staged-in-homeopathic-protest-1884019.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Mass 'overdose' staged in homeopathic protest – Health News – Health & Families The Independent 30 January 2010 29 November 2013 Participation thumb|10:23 by the Hungarian Skeptic Society. Szeged, 5 February 2011 thumb|10:23 by Society against Quackery and Stichting Skepsis members and sympathisers in Amsterdam On 30 January 2010, members participated in a protest involving a mass overdose of homoeopathic products to demonstrate its inefficacy.http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Mass-overdose-Leicester-city-centre/article-1782650-detail/article.html Mass "overdose" in Leicester city centre Leicester Mercury 30 January 2010 31 January 2010 3 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101108/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Mass-overdose-Leicester-city-centre/story-12062959-detail/story.html live Many protesters stood outside branches of Boots UK, other shops selling homoeopathic products, and other prominent public spaces and took 84 pills each of arsenicum album, 20 times the recommended dose. A second overdose was organised for 5–6 February 2011.http://www.1023.org.uk/ The 10:23 Challenge Merseyside Skeptics Society Merseyside Skeptics Society 5 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110205215413/http://www.1023.org.uk/ 5 February 2011 live dmy Worldwide, the campaign received commitments of participation from 70 cities in 30 countries.Merseyside Skeptics Society Merseyside Skeptics Society The 10:23 Challenge 2011 http://www.1023.org.uk/the-1023-challenge.php dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200819072418/http://www.1023.org.uk/the-1023-challenge.php 2020-08-19 11 April 2011http://www.1023.org.uk/the-1023-challenge.php The 10:23 Challenge 2011 | The 10:23 Campaign | #ten23 1023.org.uk 29 November 2013 29 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140929005728/http://www.1023.org.uk/the-1023-challenge.php live In the United Kingdom, events took place in Manchester, as part of the QED Conference,http://www.qedcon.org/schedule/ Event Schedule :: QED :: Question Explore Discover North West Skeptical Events Ltd 5 February 2011 12 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110112083354/http://www.qedcon.org/schedule unfit and Cardiff.http://thewelshboyo.co.uk/?p=194 Consumers in Cardiff stage homeopathic 'overdose' Morgan, Rhys Rhys Morgan 28 January 2011 Skeptical 3 December 2011 4 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110204155200/http://thewelshboyo.co.uk/?p=194 live The original Belgian SKEPP and the Dutch organisations Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij and Stichting Skepsis also participated in the worldwide 10:23 Campaign. They carried out their tongue-in-cheek suicide attempt in Brussels and Amsterdam specifically to protest the recognition of homeopathic preparations by the European Parliament.http://www.standaard.be/cnt/hd360pk2 Skepp pleegt collectief zelfmoord De Standaard Corelio 7 February 2011 25 August 2014 nl 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225039/http://www.standaard.be/cnt/hd360pk2 live nl Homeopathische zelfmoordpoging https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213721/http://www.wereldburgers.tv/2011/02/05/homeopathische-zelfmoordpoging/ 3 March 2016 wereldburgers.tv. 5 February 2011 Czech Sisyfos organization joined this happening when its members tried to publicly overdose themselves in Prague.Hympl Josef Protestující se demonstrativně "předávkovali" homeopatiky Tyden.cz 6 February 2011 https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/domaci/protestujici-se-demonstrativne-predavkovali-homeopatiky_193166.html Czech 1210-9940Kořínek Petr Homeopatika neléčí http://www.rozhlas.cz/regina/denik/_zprava/847286 Český rozhlas Regina Český rozhlas Czech 26 June 2018 In April 2012, at the Berkeley SkeptiCal conference, over 100 people participated in a mass overdose, taking caffea cruda, which is intended to treat sleeplessness.Munger Kel Drugs, not bugs http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/drugs-not-bugs/content?oid=5825955&fb_source=message Sacramento News Review 5 April 2012 3 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150903231608/http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/drugs-not-bugs/content?oid=5825955&fb_source=message liveMixing Homeopathic "Remedies" for 2011 San Francisco 10:23 "Overdose" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Bg-aSjNM4 https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/X2Bg-aSjNM4 2021-12-15 live 10:23 campaign 5 September 2012 There have been no reports of ill effects following any of the overdoses.http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/news/no-ill-effects-after-public-homeopathic-overdose No ill effects after public homeopathic overdose Medical Observer 15 February 2011 29 November 2013 11 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311112306/http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/news/no-ill-effects-after-public-homeopathic-overdose live Support Notable scientists and public figures have shown support for the 10:23 Campaign, including Phil Plait,Plait Phil Phil Plait Homeopathy and the 10:23 project http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/01/04/homeopathy-and-the-1023-project/#.UnUpKvn0F8F 2 November 2013 Discover 4 January 2010 26 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130526092753/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/01/04/homeopathy-and-the-1023-project#.UnUpKvn0F8F live James Randi Educational Foundation,http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1188-worldwide-1023-campaign-on-homeopathy-feb-5.html Worldwide 10:23 campaign on homeopathy: Feb. 5 Randi.org 29 November 2013 18 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218201239/http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/jref-news/1188-worldwide-1023-campaign-on-homeopathy-feb-5.html live Simon Singh, http://simonsingh.net/media/online-videos/alternative-medicine/andy-lewis-and-simon-discuss-homeopathy-and-the-1023-campaign/ Andy Lewis and Simon discuss Homeopathy and the 10:23 Campaign Simonsingh.net 30 January 2010 29 November 2013 25 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140925235644/http://simonsingh.net/media/online-videos/alternative-medicine/andy-lewis-and-simon-discuss-homeopathy-and-the-1023-campaign/ live Steven Novella,Randi issues a Challenge http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/randi-issues-a-challenge/ 2 November 2013 5 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140705013602/http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/randi-issues-a-challenge/ live Penn Jillette,Penn Point : Massive Homeopathic Overdose Cures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ZbJRAyexM https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/L1ZbJRAyexM 2021-12-15 live Youtube 2 November 2013 and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.The 10:23 Event http://old.richarddawkins.net/articles/4934-the-10-23-event 2 November 2013 22 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140122040154/http://old.richarddawkins.net/articles/4934-the-10-23-event live James Randi invited advocates and retailers of homoeopathy to take the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge to prove that homoeopathy was efficacious to win a prize and himself overdosed on homoeopathic sleeping pills as part of his stage show.Randi James James Randi Speaks Homeopathy Week 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WyzM_TsIXc https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/_WyzM_TsIXc 2021-12-15 live JREFRandi James James Randi Lecture @ Caltech – Homeopathy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jqP_1beVXQ https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/0jqP_1beVXQ 2021-12-15 live California Institute of Technology 5 September 2012Randi James James Randi James Randi's Challenge to Homeopathy Manufacturers and Retail Pharmacies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMukj31qw1U https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/SMukj31qw1U 2021-12-15 live JREF 5 September 2012 Reaction and media coverage The campaign gained international coverage in the press from The Australian,http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/good-week-for-sceptics/story-e6frg8y6-1226004002890 Good week for sceptics The Australian 11 April 2011 Adam Taor 2 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190702101045/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/good-week-for-sceptics/news-story/03e77fcba083ecb9dbeeb105426e26a6?nk=eb95c41eb01c720609c1a6a08a619a96-1562062245 live The Medical Observer,http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/news/no-ill-effects-after-public-homeopathic-overdose No ill effects after public homeopathic overdose The Medical Observer 11 April 2011 Caroline Brettingham-Moore 11 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120311112306/http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/news/no-ill-effects-after-public-homeopathic-overdose live BBC, The Independent, The Telegraph,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7028989/Boots-hit-by-mass-homeopathy-overdose.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100122082216/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7028989/Boots-hit-by-mass-homeopathy-overdose.html dead 22 January 2010 Boots hit by mass homeopathy 'overdose' The Daily Telegraph 29 November 2013 and The Guardian.Martin Robbins https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jan/29/homeopathy-10-23-overdose Homeopathy: At 10:23 tomorrow we will prove there's nothing in it | Martin Robbins | Life and style The Guardian 29 November 2013 29 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150329131649/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jan/29/homeopathy-10-23-overdose live The British Homeopathic Association dismissed the 10:23 Campaign as "grossly irresponsible", describing the public overdose as dangerous, and claimed that the participants had no understanding of how to select remedies appropriately.http://www.britishhomeopathic.org/media-centre/news-press-release/the-british-homeopathic-association-dismisses-1023-campaign/ The British Homeopathic Association dismisses 10:23 campaign British Homeopathic 29 November 2013 12 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150512032121/http://www.britishhomeopathic.org/media-centre/news-press-release/the-british-homeopathic-association-dismisses-1023-campaign/ live Melbourne-based Dr Ken Harvey told Pharmacy News "the campaign would raise awareness of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) transparency review and concerns over homeopathic products."http://www.pharmacynews.com.au/news/homeopathy--overdose-to-highlight-tga-transparenc Homeopathy "overdose" to highlight TGA transparency Pharmacy News 11 April 2011 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