The Fair Trade Commission this week slapped down three firms for taking advantage of people desperate for a cure for snoring by hawking "snore-silencing nose clips" whose effectiveness are iffy at best.
The FTC determined the effects touted in their two products — one developed and marketed by Osaka-based health goods maker Pip-Fujimoto Co. and its subsidiary Pip-Tokyo Co., and another by Keytron Co. based in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture — are groundless, if not fraudulent.
The watchdog said it doesn't see any science in the products and effectively urged the firms to issue a recall.