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Science and religion writer who wrote about Whole Foods pseudoscience for The Daily Beast
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Michael Schulson
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Pseudoscience at the Grocery Store The same people who scoff at climate change deniers and creationism may be just as guilty of buying into pseudoscience as their conservative counterparts, according to our guest. Writer Michael Schulson says you just have to look to Whole Foods as an example. GMO-free carrots, homeopathic nasal sprays for allergy sufferers, book titles like “The Coconut Oil Miracle” - what are these based on?
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Good Food
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
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