Parents who respect the scientific process have a new advocate in Michael Specter, a New Yorker staff writer, who just launched a highly literate counter attack against illogical, ideological behavior in his new book Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives. From childhood vaccines, organic foods, to …
“Study Finds Diet Has No Effect on Autism” That was the headline that sparked my interest in this week’s science section in the print version of The New York Times. Sounds like we have a good old fashioned experiment. Some autistic children assigned to eat a certain diet (gluten-free, dairy-free?) …
The national media will not let up on the dangers of bisphenol A. This from Let the Baby Have His Bottle? at Slate.com: The controversy over BPA comes from the hundreds of “low dose” studies that have emerged in the last decade, which suggest that the chemical is more of …
Oprah’s gone crazy on the cover of Newsweek. She’s spreading bad health advice according to the June 8th cover story “Crazy Talk: Oprah, Wacky Cures and You.” Oprah’s hands are outstretched, eyes teary, mouth ajar on the cover photo. Yes, I agree. The talk show potentate is not portraying the …
Teflon, pesticides, cosmetics – the media often portrays these as serious health risks. But a new survey shows toxicologists aren’t as concerned as media reports suggest. In fact, according to the study conducted by STATS (The Statistical Assessment Service) and the Center for Health and Risk Communication at George Mason …