Offers to treat biological threats
Subtitle: what you need to know
By: produced in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration
Contributors: United States. Food and Drug Administration; United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education
Series: FTC consumer alert; FTC consumer alert
Publisher: Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer and Business Education
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Antibiotics; Marketing; Biological decontamination; Economic aspects; Biological weapons; Treatment; Electronic publications; Government publications; Consumer protection; Fraud
Description: The Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers the October 2001 consumer alert entitled "Offers to Treat Biological Threats: What You Need to Know." The text is available in PDF format. The FTC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provide advice about offers for treatments to combat the effects of biological weapons, such as anthrax. They suggest talking with health care professionals and not buying prescription drugs from unknown sources.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 6, 2003).

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Mode of access: Internet from the FTC web site. Address as of 2/6/03: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/bioalrt.pdf; current access is available via PURL.