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the goop lab on Netflix: Selling quackery under the guise of female “empowerment”

the goop lab--defended by Jennifer Block

“the goop lab” will premiere on Netflix on January 24. It’s just the latest goop vehicle to sell quackery to women under the guise of “empowerment.”

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Computers and social media Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery

GoFundMe and the problem of crowdfunding for quackery

Online crowdfunding and GoFundMe
Online crowdfunding

GoFundMe is frequently used by patients to pay for quackery. How can its policies be changed to make misuse of the platform more difficult?

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Antivaccine nonsense Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery

Dr. Joseph Mercola: A quack tycoon funding antivaccine causes

Vaccine Injury Awareness Week with Joe Mercola and Barbara Loe Fisher
Joe Mercola and Barbara Loe Fisher discuss Vaccine Injury Awareness Week

Dr. Joseph Mercola has built a massive alternative health empire. Unfortunately, he’s now using his wealth to fund antivaccine propaganda.

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Antivaccine nonsense Autism Homeopathy Medicine Popular culture Skepticism/critical thinking

Whole Foods: Still a haven for quackery and antivaccine nonsense under Amazon

Whole Foods Detroit

Whole Foods was purchased by Amazon in 2017. If you thought that would make a difference in the selling of quackery by Whole Foods, you thought wrong. Homeopathy and antivaccine quackery still rule there.

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Antivaccine nonsense Bad science Medicine Popular culture Pseudoscience

Sherri Tenpenny and James Grundvig: Desperately denying that measles kills

Measles in Samoa, denied by Sherri Tenpenny

Sherri Tenpenny and James Grundvig contort logic into pretzels to deny that low vaccine uptake is responsible for measles outbreaks in Samoa and Congo.