A single rat study convinced a student majoring in religious studies to start a company and market a hangover solution. The scientific evidence behind the
Category: Writings
Written articles and blog posts
Safety and Chemistry of the Self-Cleaning Oven
While the self-cleaning function of modern ovens can save you a heavy scrubbing, the risk from being exposed to hazardous fumes remains unknown. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-technology/safety-and-chemistry-self-cleaning-oven
Book Review: Living in the Chemical Age
A psychologist runs around screaming, pointing at chemicals all around us, and wishing for a more natural world. Her book is pure chemophobic paranoia. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/book-review-living-chemical-age
Brain Health: Max Lugavere and the Bait-and-Switch Maneuver
In trying to find a treatment for his mom’s neurodegenerative condition, a journalist turned “brain food expert” believes his one-year deep dive into research articles
Good Bacteria to Prevent the Flu? Interpreting the Data Is Messy
A recent CBC Marketplace episode may have made you think that eating probiotic yogurt would protect you from the flu. But what the studies actually
Correactology® or How to Identify a Pseudoscience
A trademarked profession with a dozen clinics in Ontario has a lot to teach us about how to separate sense from nonsense when our health
