Other health claims Maharishi Effect (using Transcendental Meditation (TM) to effect a decrease in societal violence; the spike in murders during the 1993 Washington D.C. study is specifically mentioned) Deepak Chopra (who makes claims linking Ayurveda (traditional medicine native to India) with quantum mechanics) Electromagnetic radiation and health (especially related to power lines and cancer risk) "Paul Brodeur and Microwave News in particular, had given the public a seriously distorted view of the scientific facts." (Page 158)