It's the same way today with statin drugs continuing to kill people yet Big-Pharma insists that they have the science to prove otherwise. There is good science and there is bad science (the type that can be bought for profit).
Beta-Blockers Killed 800,000 in 5 Years — “Good Medicine” or Mass Murder?
European doctors may have caused as many as 800,000 deaths in five years by following a guideline to use beta-blockers in non-cardiac surgery patients—a guideline based largely on discredited science
The discredited researcher, who was fired for scientific misconduct in 2011, was also the chairman of the committee that drafted the European treatment guideline
Recent research found that simply eating an apple a day might help prevent cardiovascular-related deaths in those over 50 to a similar degree as using a daily statin
Even if a drug or treatment is "backed by science," this in no way guarantees it is safe or effective. Likewise, if an alternative treatment has not been published in a medical journal, it does not mean it is unsafe or ineffective
