In late September 1998, the folks at Shimadzu Consumer Alerts received an email which read: "based upon the high quality and excellent presentation of your site, our medical reviewers have awarded http://members.tripod.com/~alerts a 4 Star Rating." This professional medical panel regularly reviews and selects websites for inclusion in a prestigious health, science and medical search engine database. Our awesome website was evaluated using established criteria and received the following scores :

The distinguished reviewers noted that "this site provides information on the hazards of using Shimadzu Scientific and Kratos products." Furthermore, the "professionally orientied site" and the factual information presented herein has been deemed "100% accurate." Needless to say, we are extremely pleased with this peer-reviewed assessment and professional recognition.

n.b. We have stated unequivocally since day one that the information presented on our homepage has been extensively researched and found to be authentic. Simply put, we did not make up any of this factual information! Now comes word from a pre-eminent internet search engine which corroborates our stance. What else do you need to know?

n.b. After much discussion, we have decided to withhold the name of the search engine which issued our "4 star rating." It should be no secret that the misfits at Shimadzu are a litigious bunch. If you would be a non-believer, just call or write the District Court for Howard County (1-410-461-0213) at 3451 Courthouse Drive, Ellicott City, MD 21043. We don't think that any internet search engine should be the subject of court action by the lawsuit-happy trolls at Shimadzu! Hence, our decision to withhold this information.

FYI: Shimadzu instituted litigation against the editor of Chromtalk following the posting of some noteworthy remarks in the www.chromtalk.com discussion forum which Shimadzu deemed unsatisfactory. So you can see, Shimadzu has set an ugly precedent for pursuing individual(s) who have unflattering truths to voice about this conniving organization and/or it's inferior product offerings.

n.b. Remember, DENY and LIE is what they do best! Break out the hip boots and shovels for the load of SHIT-MA-ZOO that you will hear from your local Shimadzu rep. Do you really think that they will tell you or admit to the whole truth? DON'T be naive!