Joseph Mercola settles with a big fine... [View all]

About damn time.

(Mercola) claimed the tanning beds that he sold for between $1,200 and $4,000 not only didn't cause cancer, but also actively reduced the chances of getting it. Mercola, 61, uses his website and books to back a number of discredited, fringe medical causes on topics that include vaccinations and fluoridated water. He stars in web videos for his company, Mercola Health Resources, and wrote articles in which he claimed cold winters in the Midwest meant Chicagoans, in particular, would benefit from his tanning beds, which he said could "reverse your wrinkles" and "slash your risk of cancer." Mercola agreed to pay his customers refunds totaling up to $5.3 million, and promised to stop selling tanning beds for good.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-sunbed-doc-settles-0415-biz-20160414-story.html