š¬ āAnybody can fall prey to this type of misinformation. It does a lot of harmā ~Dr Andrea Love
ā”ļø Dr Andrea Love is an immunologist and microbiologist, and founder of ImmunoLogic - an organisation dedicated to debunking the worst of internet pseudoscience and improving science literacy.
ā”ļø Andrea and I have a long list of misinformation to get through in this episode. Claims like fluoride lowers your IQ, GMOs are scary and mammograms give you cancer - and thatās not the half of it.
š§ Stay tuned to find out:
ā”ļø How we all have the capacity to fall prey to misinformation - and how to spot it
ā”ļø How cancer misinformation can be lethal
ā” The dangers of the raw milk trend
ā”ļø What the science really says about fluoride
ā”ļø Why organic probably isnāt worth your money
š Chapters
(1:02) Why good information is hard to find
(3:36) Coffee and aloe vera gives you cancer?
(9:45) Mammograms cancer myth
(16:06) The real harm of misinformation
(23:14) Do supplements work?
(30:34) What does organic actually mean?
(34:53) GMO fear
(42:31) Fluoride lowers IQ?
(49:04) Rise of the raw milk craze
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Website: https://www.immunologic.org/
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