"All of our retailers have to strictly adhere to that policy. If they don't, we would pull our product immediately from their shelves," said Rebecca Griffin, co-founder of IntelliGender in Plano, Texas.
CVS and Walgreens stores in the United States began selling the IntelliGender test nationwide last month for $34.95, CNN reported Tuesday. More than 50,000 of the tests have been sold in the United States since it became available online in 2006, Griffin said.
The test has a 78 to 80 percent accuracy rate in determining as early as 10 weeks after conception whether a woman is carrying a boy or a girl, Griffin said.
The test will not be sold in countries, such as China and India, where boys are preferred over girls and the test, therefore, could be used for gender selection, Griffin told CNN.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
Probably fake
The color change looks like bromcresol purple, which is a pH indicator that changes color to orange or purple 50% of the time in normal urine. The color change has nothing to do with the fetus' gender.
If so, it's just another version of a fake test that's been around for over 50 years. In its first incarnation, it was sold as a pregnancy test. By the law of averages, it's correct 50% of the time. This is enough to convince gullible people.
The only way they can get away with this is that it's not for a "medical" condition, therefore the FDA probably can't prosecute.
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