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BioPerformance is a multi-level marketing company that sells fuel additives, often in the form of "gas pills", which were claimed to increase fuel efficiency in automobiles. It is headed by Lowell Mims, an evangelist. In general, research has claimed that the "gas pills" are not effective at all (with regards to fuel efficiency), and that BioPerformance made several other false claims, such as the claim that its pills are non-toxic (they are not because they are made primarily of naphthalene, a toxic chemical also found in mothballs). The company was temporarily shut down on May 17, 2006 by the Texas Attorney General for being an alleged pyramid scheme and also because of the company's alleged false claims in its advertising.