Editing Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (section)

=== Health and safety ===
CSI is concerned with paranormal or pseudoscientific claims that may endanger people's health or safety, such as the use of alternative medicine in place of science-based healthcare. Investigations by CSI and others, including [[consumer organization|consumer watchdog]] groups, law enforcement, and government regulatory agencies,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01446.html |date=September 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061026222642/https://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01446.html |archive-date=2006-10-26 |title=FDA Asks U.S. Marshals to Seize Dietary Supplements: Products Being Promoted With Drug Claims |publisher=U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] <!-- press release # P06-128 -->}}</ref> have shown that the sale of alternative medicines, paranormal paraphernalia, or pseudoscience-based products can be enormously profitable. CSI says this profitability has provided various pro-paranormal groups large resources for advertising, lobbying efforts, and other forms of advocacy, to the detriment of public health and safety.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}