WORLD CHIROPRACTIC ALLIANCE

2950 N. Dobson Rd. Suite 1
Chandler, AZ 85224

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Chiropractic group demands removal of anti-chiropractic ads from Bridgeport buses     

Chandler, Ariz. -- After several buses in Bridgeport and Waterbury, Conn., began displaying side panel ads suggesting chiropractic treatment could lead to injury and/or strokes, attorneys for the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA), issued a cease and desist warning letter demanding the signs be immediately removed.

In the letter to the Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority (GBTA), the organization stated that it would refer the matter to state and federal authorities for investigation and seek legal actions in state and/or federal court if the ads were not removed.

WCA legal counsel Carlos F. Negrete accused the GBTA of promoting “shameless and legally libelous messages on its buses” and warned that a “full investigation” is being launched to determine who paid for placing the ads, which contain only a reference to “Chiropractic Stroke Victims Awareness Group.” Its website merely identifies the group as “an international volunteer group of individuals who provide consultations on complications due to neck manipulation.” The names of its founders and/or leaders are not disclosed.

Terry A. Rondberg, DC, founder and president of the WCA, stated his conviction that the ads are part of a “continuing and vicious attack on the chiropractic profession by certain extremist elements who oppose any kind of non-medical health care. It has absolutely nothing to do with protecting the public.”  

He also noted that the ads were “part of a well orchestrated and financed campaign to circulate misinformation about health care approaches that have been scientifically established and recognized throughout the world.”

In countering the claims on the bus ads, Dr. Rondberg explained that “there is no evidence that chiropractic care causes strokes or injury. In fact, almost every scientific study has proven that chiropractic is extremely safe ... far safer than medical treatments.”

The WCA announced that it is committed to taking swift and immediate action against the individuals and entities responsible for the bus ads. “We will go to the courts to stop the public transport agency from promoting this campaign against Connecticut chiropractors and their colleagues around the country.”

The World Chiropractic Alliance -- an international organization representing doctors of chiropractic -- promotes traditional, drug-free and non-invasive chiropractic to correct vertebral subluxations. The WCA is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information and publishes the peer-reviewed chiropractic research journal, Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. For more information, contact the WCA at 800-347-1011 or www.worldchiropracticalliance.org.