Suppose several hundred marine biologists studied your swimming pool. 47% (or 69% or 77% or 83%) of the biologists report you’ve got a shark in your pool. Would you dive in? Would you let your kids dive in? [Read more…]

Last Monday court proceedings began in Washington, DC with 4,800 families asking a special court to rule that mercury in vaccines had caused their children’s autism. It has many people in the medical and public health establishment worried. [Read more…]

I was alarmed to learn that honeybees are disappearing. The phenomenon has been labeled Colony Collapse Disorder. It started late last year with beekeepers finding hives without adult bees. It seems to have spread throughout North America and is now being seen in Europe. [Read more…]