Hello, New York Times, it’s me, Polly. Why didn’t you publish any letters from readers questioning Mr. Krisof’s bewildering and let’s face it, biased column attributing autism to toxins, Do Toxins Cause Autism? I really want to believe you’re an objective news source, but your lack of balance here is making me have my doubts. Yes, …
Jenny McCarthy, former Playboy Bunny turned head cheerleader for the autism-vaccine stronghold, Generation Rescue, will now have another nationwide platform for her pseudoscientific nonsense. In addition to the best-selling “parenting” books, she’ll have her own talk show on Oprah’s new network. Terrific news from Time.com , The Autism Vaccine Debate: Who’s Afraid of Jenny McCarthy? …
The Worst Science Writer of 2009, Nicholas Kristof, is at it again. This time blaming environmental toxins for that other sure to scare parenting topic, autism – in his New York Times column read by millions (Do Toxins Cause Autism? ). How do you scare parents silly? Mention toxins, prenatal …
How’d autism quack Andrew Wakefield succeed in scaring so many people? I kept wondering how one tiny bit of the worst kind of “scientific” dreck managed to get so much attention not to mention millions poured into research. Something I’ve wondered long before The Lancet pulled the plug on that sloppy, …
Hubby handed over the Health and Wellness section of the Wall Street Journal and smack dab on the bottom front page fold, a map of California with wouldn’t you know it, another autism cluster in a metropolitan area, this time, Los Angeles (LA Confidential: Seeking Reasons for Autism’s Rise). Maybe …