here, I cite recent postings by Orac and Dr. Barrett mentioning the death of naturopath Hulda Clark [see 001., below]; and I do a Google search per "Hulda Clark Dies" for a sense of her significance [see 002., below];
001.a. at
Respectful Insolence, Orac writes in "
Requiem For A Quack":
"what can one say about 'Dr.' Hulda Regehr Clark? I call her a quack, because that's what she was [...] this is a woman who for over two decades has [...] preyed upon the fears and scientific ignorance of average cancer patients in order to sell them useless 'cures' [...] far be it for me to be hypocritical and feign much in the way of sorrow when a woman who has done so much harm to so many patients for so many years is finally [...] rendered unable to do any further harm [...] she could rightly be called the Dark Lord of Quackery."
001.b.
Dr. Barrett states in "
Consumer Health Digest 09-37":
"Hulda Regehr Clark, author of
The Cure for All Cancers,
The Cure for All Diseases, and a few similar books, died on September 3, 2009 at the age of 80 [...] Clark wrote that all cancers and many other diseases are caused by 'parasites, toxins, and pollutants' and can be cured by killing the parasites and ridding the body of environmental chemicals [...] admirers portray her as a great 'research scientist' even though she published no scientific reports. Critics regard Clark as a quack and charge that she exploited desperate patients [and Quackwatch has the article
The Bizarre Claims of Hulda Clark which states 'Clark also listed a
naturopathic (N.D.) degree from the Clayton College of Natural Health' and mentions that infamous-to-me N.D. Pizzorno testified AGAINST her in terms of her zapper contraption]."
002. searching
Google, per "
Hulda Clark Dies" reveals some interestingly trivial rankings [these are the top three as of 2009-09-12]:
002.a.
a memorial page for Dr. Clark, "to honor the legacy of healing Hulda Clark left us with";
002.b. a link to
Respectful Insolence [not to say this blog is insignificant];
002.c. a link to the
Cancer Treatment Watch article "How Hulda Clark Victimized My Parents" by Patricia Chavez;
Note: on the bright side, these are not major media outlets in the sense of television or cable, or large newspapers communicating a 'significant cultural loss'. And in that sense, Clark's passing has not been noticed. Wikipedia, by the way,
has an entry for her that seems very N.D. sympathetic, whereby again Pizzorno is cited for his expert opinion regarding physiology [ha!] and the article states Clark "
held a naturopathy degree from the
Clayton College of Natural Health,
a school that lacks accreditation from any accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education."
Danger! The USDE, whom I've written to many times, has done nothing about the 'naturopathy education racket': as I have often written,
there are MANY fully-accredited naturopathy schools that are completely bogus in their claims of what actually is scientific and science-based [Pizzorno's Bastyr, my alma mater U.B. -- for starters, check out '
The Education Robbers'].
003. I should also mention that today's
North East Conference on Science and Skepticism had a small mention of Clark's harmfulness and passing during the live
Skeptics' Guide to the Universe taping. My impression was that the audience was aghast at her activities and that her activities had gone on for so long in supposedly civilized and lawful North America.
