a lawyer for a b.c. naturopath fighting an order to stop producing materials for fecal transplants told the b.c. supreme court that naturopaths are “not bound by science.”
jason klop, a naturopath based in fraser valley, british columbia, is fighting a
public safety order
placed on aug. 19 by the college of naturopathic physicians of b.c. the order stopped him from producing, selling and promoting products containing fecal material in canada and abroad. affidavits submitted to the college indicate klop was using fecal microbiota transplantation (fmt) to treat symptoms of autism, constipation and other diagnoses at a clinic in mexico.
“what does it take for a naturopath to do something unbecoming in a field that is so broad and open to interpretation?” klop’s lawyer, jason gratl asked the b.c. supreme court, according to
cbc news
. “naturopaths may rely on science, but they are not bound by science.”
gratl claimed the field of naturopathy has few restrictions and practitioners regularly rely on non-conventional sources of knowledge. the lawyer representing the college disagreed.
“this notion that it’s anything goes, in my respectful submission, that’s not accurate,”
angela westmacott said
, indicating the college has set out prescribing standards that suggest practitioners follow evidence-based practices.