Critics of Vitalistic and Kind Ontario Chiro: Unscientific Claims and Treatments Require an Outside Regulator

here, quite an interesting article from Canada's Globe and Mail regarding chiropractic:

001. Melissa Tait writes at theglobeandmail.com in "Calls Grow for Outside Regulation of Chiropractors" (2018-12-30):

"critics from inside and outside the chiropractic profession say its regulatory body in Ontario [...] the College of Chiropractors of Ontario (CCO)[...] is incapable of policing its members and protecting the public from unscientific claims and treatments [...CCO is] putting members' interests above those of the public [...]";

remember that in Canada, the term "college" is not just a school, but a regulatory body. And I'd argue that self-regulation is the best way to protect nonsenses.

"some believe that, for the sake of public health, CCO council members who hold 'vitalistic' views should resign [...] a recent investigation in The Globe and Mail that revealed that for a decade or more, the college has been influenced, if not outright controlled, by chiropractors called vitalists who support unscientific claims and unproven practices from the earliest days of chiropractic [...] vitalists say that subluxations, or nerve impingements in the spine, can block a healing force. Many vitalists also advocate against vaccination. There is no evidence that subluxations exist or that they play any role in human health or in cancer prevention [...] professor Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society, agrees [...]  'I think there needs to be a higher body, an outside body that should look at all of this and regulate it [...e.g.] treating cancer with chiropractic is fraud' [...]";

hear, hear. Naturopathy, of course, is also vitalistic and self-regulating.  And full of even more "unscientific claims and treatments" than chiro.