WD-40 used to relieve arthritis By CHRIS MORRIS FREDERICTON (CP) — WD-40, the penetrating oil used to loosen rusty bolts, has made a curious jump from| the workshop to the medicine chest. The manufacturers have discovered that people are| using their oil for aching joints. Eric Peasley, vice-president of the Canadian division) of WD-40 Lad., says the company has been getting letters) for years from people who swear the oil is an almost magical cure for stiff and aching joints. “It started in the United States about eight or nine years ago and in Canada we first started hearing about it six or seven years ago,” says Peasley. “We don’t manufacture WD-40 for any type of drug’ or medical use, we don't subscribe to that in our literature, and as a company, we haven't i d it BUSINESS DIRECTORY MOROSO, MARKIN & BLAIN CERTIFIED. GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS at all.” Nevertheless, it appears the machine oil is gaining pepeterny a= 5 reb-en eure Wer arcirkic ad eeseoetn! a" P.E.1. fisherman interviewed recently on a Maritime radio show said in the midst of how 241 Columbia Ave. Canth THE HAIR ANNEX Ph..365-7287 to build lobster traps that he regularly rubs down with penetrating oil to ease his aches and pains. And here in Fredericton, rheumatologist Dr. Hani ElGabalawy, says he has heard several “very positive testimonials” to WD-40 from his patients. “Te heard testimonials from about half a dozen people who say it has made a big difference to them,” . “I must say most of them have the) much more aggressive and requires much more intensive therapy.” NOTRIALS El-Gabalawy cautions there haven't been any Repaci, WD-40 at the company’s San Diego head office, says — with a sigh — that the company gets hundreds of letters a year from Americans who want to know why the oil isn’t marketed as an arthritis palliative. 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