Top 10 scientific frauds in 2009

Top 10 scientific frauds in 2009: "Top 10 scientific frauds in 2009
By Hou Lei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-01-13 06:14
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Editor's Note: Under the cover of 'modern science' and technology, frauds can appear to be the truth, and the public sometimes deceived. When people are dangerously ill, they sometimes spend huge sums of money on what they believe to be 'miraculous' remedies, only to find they have been duped.

Here are the top 10 'scientific' frauds of 2009 summarized by the Beijing Sci-Tech Report. [The Top 10 Everything of 2009]

1. The doctor with miraculous skills

2. Anti-H1N1 masks

3. False 'navy hospital' website

4. 'China Brand Research Institute'

5. Girl suffers kidney failure after taking weight-reduction capsule

6. Selenium capsules and cancer

7. Inborn talent genetic test

8. Anti-inebriation drug

9. Milk without antibiotics

10. Body-shaping lingerie"