Miscellaneous
What do you get when you combine magic beans and the direct to consumer sales pipeline of the internet? A lot of money in the pockets of the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Dr. Oz. Science misinformation is a wolf in sheep's clothing and camouflages as "natural" goods being sold for the sake of ~wellness~. In this episode, we chat with Tim Caulfield, a Canadian professor of law at the University of Alberta and Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, about the motives behind science misinformation and what we can do to fight it.