[R. Scott]

Results varied greatly between brands but failure rates as high as 100% were recorded.

The operative phrase is “as high as”. One complete failure in 1,000 tests would result in a failure rate “as high as” 100%. This is similar to many of the TV ads that promise income “as high as” $50,000 a month. I’m also not too impressed with a study from an “institute” that bills itself as “alternative/holistic/progressive”.

[David Lane]

"One complete failure in 1,000 tests would result in a failure rate “as high as” 100%"


Wrong. One failure in 100 of a brand tested would result in a 1% failure rate. One hundred failures in 100 of a brand tested would result in a 100% failure rate.

Did you flunk maths at school?