Phillip Day

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'''Phillip Day''' (not to be confused with the British documentary film director with the same name) is the founder<ref>http://credence.org/tours/OZ2012/?page_id=2</ref> of both the self-proclaimed Campaign for Truth in Medicine<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/home.htm</ref> and Campaign for Truth in Europe.<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/CTE/</ref> He is also the figurehead of Credence Publishing,<ref>http://credence.org/</ref> through which his 'organization' performs [[Pseudoscience|independent research]] so that they might report 'contentious issues that may harm the public' and 'report properly annotated and verified information that enables you to make wise health decisions'.<ref>http://www.credence.org/whoiscredence.htm</ref> He claims to be a 'world renowned health researcher'<ref>http://credence.org/tours/OZ2012/?page_id=191</ref> and is a strong proponent of [[Alternative medicine|natural medicine]] and expounds many [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]]. Most interestingly his insistence that the [[European Union]] is an [[autocracy]] dominated by [[France]] and [[Germany]].<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/CTE/tour1.htm</ref>

The two campaigns he figureheads, respectively for Truth In Medicine and Truth In Europe both seek to raise public awareness and action against the evil politicians<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/tour4.htm</ref> who are hurting his sense of national identity<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/CTE/tour1.htm</ref> and killing us all with medicine.<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/tour.htm</ref>

==Alternative medicine beliefs==
Phillip Day's core medical ethos is that orthodox medicine is well meaning yet wrong and is deeply misled by false premises and incorrect beliefs about health. Instead, Day offers that all illness (particularly [[cancer]])<ref>http://www.credence.org/sc/cancinfo/slide1.htm</ref> can be traced back to an insufficient [[diet]], [[toxins]] in [[food]] and environment, and pharmaceutical drugs.<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/200901/canceranddiet.htm</ref> This includes claims that reversing those conditions to a correct state can correct the ailment. He has a disconcerting habit of citing his own books as sources, and such citations often link to the Credence e-store.<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/180208/CTM-cancercautionarytale.htm</ref> Day often cites [[anecdotes]] and [[hearsay]] as [[evidence]] for efficacy, and [[cherry pick]]s web media from locations as reputable and rigorously reviewed for accuracy as [[YouTube]].<ref>[https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20070502055929/http://credence.org/videos.htm Credence Film] (archived from May 2, 2007).</ref> He is also strongly against [[Water fluoridation|fluoridated water]], pharmaceuticals and [[Anti-vaccination movement|vaccines]].<ref>http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/200901/ukfluoridemilk.htm</ref>

Day strongly suggests the use of [[laetrile]], under its [[woo]] pseudonym '''Vitamin-B17''' as a cancer [[death|cure]], despite [[Pseudovitamin|not being a vitamin]]<ref>http://dx.doi.org/10.3322%2Fcanjclin.31.2.91</ref> and producing hydrogen cyanide when metabolized.<ref>http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/PharmacologicalandBiologicalTreatment/laetrile</ref> The general scientific consensus is that laetrile [[toxin|does not work very well]] as a cancer treatment, let alone a glorified cure.<ref>http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM198201283060403</ref> The other metabolite of laetrile, benzaldehyde, is a stringently controlled precursor to illicit drugs, making it's users [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_humor walking containers of a DEA List I Precursor].

Despite claiming to be a [[science]] [[journalist]], he has no formal background in any scientific discipline. [[Con artist|Rather interestingly]], Day's qualifications are limited to the realm of sales and [[marketing]].<ref>http://credence.org/tours/OZ2012/?page_id=2</ref> Knowing this, one could deduce that Day lacks the required knowledge of [[biology]], particularly [[molecular biology]] and pharmacology, to credibly assess the claims he 'reports' on for efficacy and rational sense.

==External links==
*[http://credence.org/ Credence Publishing], the suspiciously consumerized research organization in all its glory.
*[http://campaignfortruth.com/home.htm The Campaign for Truth In Medicine]
*[http://campaignfortruth.com/CTE/ The Campaign for Truth in Europe].

==References==
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