Silence Dissent!

August 8th, 2008 by Ben Goldacre in alternative medicine, laws, stifling criticism | 20 Comments »

The CAM world meets a new all time low this week – even by their own standards – as the New Zealand Chiropractors Association threaten the New Zealand Medical Journal with legal action for criticising their ideas and practice.

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How policy works

April 12th, 2008 by Ben Goldacre in badscience, laws, nutritionists | 32 Comments »

Ben Goldacre
The Guardian
Saturday 12th April, 2008

If you put aside the fact that most of the people who campaign against food additives should be taken out and shot for crimes against the enlightenment, even a stopped clock shows the right time twice a day, and the evidence overall genuinely shows that some food additives probably aren’t too Read the rest of this entry »