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So did you use them before or after:
1. The FTC charged Yehuda (“Juda”) Levin, Baruch Levin, and their company (Xacta 3000 Inc.) with deceptive advertising for foot pads and the defendants agreed to a judgment of $14.5 million, which represented the total revenues from the sale of the pads. However, based on their inability to pay, the entire judgment was suspended but will become due if they are found to have misrepresented their financial condition.
2. The Better Business Bureau has given the Kinoki Detox Foot Pads Company an "unsatisfactory" rating.
3. ABC's "20/20" investigated Kinoki ad Avon pads and reported:
a. When used overnight, the pads darkened, but dropping distilled water on the pads produced the same dark color.
b. Laboratory analysis of pads used by eight volunteers showed no significant evidence of heavy metals or commonly used solvents.
c. When asked for tests that would show that their products really work the companies offered no valid scientific studies.
4. A few months later, a radio reporter in California conducted a similar investigation. First she had her husband wear pads overnight and then too them to a laboratory for testing. The lab found that the heavy metal content of the used pads were the same as that of an unused pad, which meant that the pads don't "suck out any toxins." Then she held an unused pad over a pot of boiling water. The steam caused the pad to turn black, indicating that the dark color that results from wearing a Kinoki pad is caused by a chemical in the pad that reacts to moisture.
References
Stossel J. Ridding yourself of toxins or money? Company says Kinoki Foot Pads 'capture toxins from your body.' ABC News, April 11, 2008.
Varney S. Japanese foot pad is latest health fad. KQED, Aug 18, 2008.
Kinoki Detox Foot Pads. BBB reliability report, Aug 23, 2008.
Barrett S. The Aquadetox scam. Device Watch, Dec 28, 2004.
FTC charges marketers of Kinoki Foot Pads with deceptive advertising; seeks funds for consumer redress. FTC news release, Jan 28, 2009.
At FTC's request, judge Imposes ban on marketers of "detox" foot pads: Aadvertising claimed "ancient Japanese secret" could treat medical conditions. FTC news release, Nov 4, 2010.
i didnt know shit back then i was 18, but yea i said i doubted that it worked