Yesterday, I first saw an article in a daily (Toronto) free newspaper that was very negative, and then I saw the show later that day. Seems like there's an attack going on, and I also thought about posting to give practitioners a head's up.

Here's the link to the CBC:

Miracle Makers or Money Takers? | CBC News: Marketplace

They had some footage of the EPFX machine being promoted at a home show with other 'miracle' products. They got a few comments from people with positive views of it. They talked about a woman from Washington who bought one for $20K but died of cancer anyway (my thought was - why didn't she just go for sessions with someone who knows how to use it well?). Interviewed her husband. They said it had been banned from sale in the US because of deceptive marketing. They said in Canada it is only approved for sale as a stress-reduction tool. (Later in the program they said Health Canada wouldn't grant them an interview.)

They had a hidden camera on someone with cancer go in and have a first consult with an EPFX practitioner who said he was a protege of Bill Nelson. They played up the fact that many people think he's a genius. They had interview footage with Desire Dubounet (Bill Nelson) and her manner was strange. They showed her huge closet of dresses and shoes. Dubounet was quoted as saying 40 of the machines are sold in Canada a month. They made a comment that Bill Nelson/Desire Dubounet lives in Hungary and s/he is facing charges for something (they specified but I missed that detail) in the States.

They asked for scientific evidence and Dubounet gave them a box of papers that show a lot of related things but nothing specifically on the EPFX. The only study on the EPFX were testimonials with photos. They had a biomedical engineer conduct his tests on someone while they were getting an EPFX session, and he concluded that the minute amounts of electric current were harmless, but not likely to accomplish anything. They took the anecdotes and photos to an oncologist and he said that in photos where supposedly cancer has been eradicated, it's clear it's still there. He also stated that there is nothing in the reports that would stand up to scientific scrutiny.

Dubounet talked about how the reports show 2000 people had been cured of cancer. When the interviewer asked whether she felt bad for deceiving people (clearly a set-up there)...she started getting angry and used a really strange voice to say she was angry that the Canadian people were being deceived, that they were going to twist the footage however they like plus some other weird things I can't quite remember.

I felt a bit of fear watching this because although there's obviously something up with Nelson/Dubounet, it also felt like a bit of a witchhunt. If you scroll down in the comments on the web, you can see that several people comment on the unprofessional journalism.

I haven't ever had an EPFX session but have a friend in Vancouver who loves it. I am into PATHS and I do energy healing. I chatted with her about it and we looked up Bill Nelson and Desire Dubounet, which I'm sure many people will do. The Bill Nelson youtube videos are pretty sane, and Desire...well her websites seem full of crazy stuff, and spelling/grammatical errors. One example is how she goes on about her musical talent but if you listen to her youtube videos it's clear she can't sing on pitch. It seems like Bill was born inter-sexed (has genitalia from both sexes), was brought up male, and now prefers to live as a woman. But obviously a lot of people are going to be (homophobically) reacting to what they perceive as cross-dressing, being transexual etc.

I don't think that Desire's persona or Bill's mental health issues mean the machine is ineffective. But in the show, they made it seem like s/he basically just makes things up, and is dishonest. And that practitioners are making promises to people who are desperate for help.

But there are a lot of people going - well, thousands of people can't be wrong. There must be something to it. So maybe this will be a 'no publicity is bad publicity' type situation...