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28 Useless Products Destined for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

February 02, 2024

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Bollywood actors peddle dangerous skin-lightening cream. Arguably the world's famous most actor, Shah Rukh Khan is among a number of Indian celebrities who promote a product with the express purpose of making them look less, well, Indian. FAIRNESS LIKE LASER LIGHT TREATMENT Fair ADVANCED Lovely MULTI VITAMIN™ Fair c Fair Lovely Fair: Lovely Fair Lovely Lovely MALTI VITAMIN - - - Time - - - 100 The cultural implications of skin-whitening aside, the creams being sold are often a dangerous cocktail of steroids, hydroquinone, and tretinoin. This can definitely make the user more pale, as it may lead to cancer, — Source

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Nicki Minaj (and others) pushed dangerous Teatox products. Minaj is just one of a cavalcade of celebrities who use their Instagram accounts to push products involved in the weight loss craze called teatoxing. nicklimina Fation months age Keeping with some - from attitudes arandyale shayook25 Jones - 2014 when - - - Omg lieve you g debby_official I love medsands Warning if you - reading this you will de tonight My name . Ryan and inst no fiede Repout the or и Detox Mt HEYANGUA ROXT pictures otherwise . will de tonight don't believe - A boy read . and laughed — Source

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LeBron and Pitbull were the spokesmen for performance-enhancing caffeine strips. As the idols of millions of youngsters, you'd think Lebron James and (possibly) Pitbull might know better than to market Sheets Energy Strips as if they were sweet, delicious candy. Sheets EXCLUSIVE Individually wrapped energy strips CAVS EXTRA-STRENGTH ENERGY Blake EXTRA-STRENGTH NEW ENERGY Sheets locksmith ACE Sheet av M almage - Sheets Sheets im - ELECTRIC NEW 23 - loogs M Demand - 8 SERVINGS gives Shi Soup - - Shilts MINT BOOS PAST-ACTIVE - - - SPOTARY - BERRY BLAST FAST-ACTING ENERGY Especially when the product hasn't passed FDA — Source

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Alex Jones sells a crapload of sketchy dietary supplements. The Alex Jones empire appears to be slowly evolving from a conspiracy theory dissemination hub to a pseudoscientific dietary supplement business. LIMITED TIME FLASH SALE INFOWARS Me SUPER 30%OFF OFF MALE VITALITY PER MALE VITALITY GET YOURS TODAY DETAIN even Emilia - LINE BUGGESTEUPS And the strategy looks to be paying off handsomely. Unfortunately, scientists have given poor reviews to his concoctions, such as unsupported in research, never been studied, and no real basis in science. And some of them have been found to contain a Ronnie James Dio-load of heavy — Source

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Bethenny Frankel hawked sketchy diet cocktails. Reality TV star Bethenny Frankel, who is presented on Real Housewives of New York City as something of a boozehound, decided to parlay her marginal fame into selling low-calorie (not so much) hooch called Skinnygirl Cocktails. ikinnygirl Skinnygirl ORIGINAL Sadly, instead of being all natural, her products contained enough carcinogenic chemical preservatives to result in their removal from Whole Foods shelves, leading to a false advertising lawsuit. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gwyneth Paltrow is the queen of shady butt stuff. Pinning down the most ridiculous product promoted by balderdash merchant Gwyneth Paltrow is no easy task. So instead of the harmless-but-silly stuff, let's look at the potentially dangerous things she's encouraged customers to subject themselves to. Infrared Saunas. Detox Spas. and the Best Spots for Colonics GOOF e to spen long detox for your digestive selem issat - some heal the right help can speed the digestive sintern only lette Caffeine withdrawal Seedaches - the wond and help fluch towing faster NYC LA LONDON OTHER Namely, unnecessary butt stuff. Not only — Source

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Kim Kardashian spammed social media with useless diet lollipops. Marketing sugar-filled lollipops with unproven secret ingredients as a weight loss tool may seem incongruous, but what's even less rational is posting an Instagram advertisement for such a product during Mental Health Awareness Week. kimkardashian Follow kimkardashian #ad You guys... FLATTUMMY @flattummyco just dropped a new LOLLIPOPS product. They're Appetite Suppressant LO Lollipops and they're literally unreal. Appetite Suppressont They're giving the first 500 people on their website 15% OFF so if you want to get your hands on some... you need to do it quick! #suckit Load more comments Which — Source

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Shaq promoted bracelets that claimed to make people better at sports. Power Balance bracelets hilariously purported to use holographic technology to resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body. ELTOS POWER 36 The makers shelled out enough cash to convince elite athletes like Shaquille O'Neal (and Robert De Niro?) to wear them. After a lawsuit exposed the silliness, the company admitted that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misleading conduct. CRACKED.COM — Source

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