Malpractice On Dr. Oz: Pop Health Expert Hosts Anti-GM Food Rant; Scientists Push Back - Forbes

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The talk show health and science advice program hit a new low with Dr. Mehment Oz’s recent foray into the debate over genetically modified crops and foods. The Genetic Literacy Project’s Jon Entine reports.
Dr. Oz, a popular television celebrity, is a living example of why talk show health and science should never be confused with the real thing. He is infamous among public healthprofessionals for exaggerating the latest scare: origins of autism, vaccines, dangers of BPA and chemical additives, arsenic in foods. His latest misadventure in questionable pop science was an October 12 program titled “GMO Foods: Are They Dangerous to Your Health?”

During the show, which was promoted as an “investigation,” Oz provided uncritical time for Jeffrey Smith, an activist with no scientific or medical background, and Dr. Robin Bernhoft, a California doctor known as a leading proponent of unconventional medical interventions and a belief, unsupported by mainstream science, that most chronic medical problems are caused by “toxic environmental exposures.” Neither has the slightest expertise in the science of genetics or agricultural genomics and both are known for their near-hysterical criticism of biotech foods...

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