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Pushing Daysy’s: how people could be misled into buying an unproven device for contraception

6/27/2018

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What if I told you that a fancy thermometer was "similar in effectiveness" as an IUD at preventing pregnancy, and only required you to take your temperature once a day?
 
Well, if I told you that, I’d be misleading you and putting you at risk of an unintended pregnancy.
 
But, that’s what a company called Valley Electronics AG has been telling consumers, in hopes of selling their $330 device called Daysy.
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