[ELI5] How governments allow snake oil “medicine” to sell on TV, light night? Some of these products are dangerous to people, like prostate crap that will do nothing and may prevent the people to survive if diagnosed too late?

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[ELI5] How governments allow snake oil “medicine” to sell on TV, light night? Some of these products are dangerous to people, like prostate crap that will do nothing and may prevent the people to survive if diagnosed too late?

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Back in the 1980s tryptophan out of China killed some people. The government decided it was time to start regulating. The health industry got their PAC money and said f*** that and launched ad campaigns telling people Congress is trying to ban your aspirin. Nanny state overreach leftist. The usual noise to get them worked up and it worked. Congress hasn’t touched legislation on this stuff since.