July 2012 – The Quackometer Blog

The Dirty Tricks of Alternative Medicine

26th July, 2012 Jens Lubbadeh 27

Last week, I wrote about how German Homeopathy pill manufacturers were paying a writer who was using his blog post to smear and attack academic Edzard Ernst. […]

The Fear of Fukushima Radiation

24th July, 2012 Andy L 24

The website What Doctors Don’t Tell You operates on the premise that there is a body of health knowledge that you are not going to […]

Is Biodynamic Farming Vegan?

20th July, 2012 Andy L 54

Biodynamic farming is seen as the ‘more organic than organic’ method of sustainable farming. It is not. Biodynamics is the method of farming proposed by […]

German Homeopathy Companies Pay Journalist who Smears UK Academic

16th July, 2012 Andy L 136

A consortium of pharmaceutical companies in Germany have been paying a journalist €43,000 to run a set of web sites that denigrates an academic who […]

The Insidious Pervasiveness of the Cult of Rudolf Steiner

5th July, 2012 Andy L 164

This morning, we discovered that pharmaceutical companies in Germany that manufacture homeopathic remedies, had being paying shills to discredit critics of alternative medicine. One of […]

The Bank that likes to say ‘Quack’: Triodos

2nd July, 2012 Andy L 69

With the news of banking scandals over the past few days, there are many people reconsidering where they bank. Is it possible to bank with […]

What Every Parent Should Know About Steiner-Waldorf Schools

2nd November, 2012 483

You may know my feelings about Steiner/Waldorf Schools*. Most importantly, that prospective parents are not being told about the occult foundations of the Steiner philosophy. […]

What Doctors Don’t Tell You – A Publishing Sensation

4th October, 2012 336

Hot on the heels of the new killer magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You we are seeing an explosion of new titles trying to mimic […]

Why is Homeopathy Successful?

13th January, 2012 224

Just before Christmas, Lia Burkeman and Stephanie Kramer, wrote an article for Urban Times that asked the question, “Homeopathy: Can it be a Success Story?” To […]

On the The Reckless Physicking of Amateur Females.

16th November, 2010 35

It would appear to be important for homeopaths to show how the rich, blue blooded and famous are supporters of homeopathy. One might suggest that […]

The Futility of Finding Physical Explanations for Homeopathy

10th October, 2010 52

From the very first decades of homeopathy’s existence in the early 19th Century, mainstream scientists have dismissed its claims for one simple reason: the extremely […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 2

16th April, 2024 4

Continued from Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1 The Myths (Part 1) … Myth 1: 98% of […]

Breaking Down Cass Review Myths and Misconceptions: What You Need to Know: Part 1

14th April, 2024 29

It has now been just little under a week since the publication of the long anticipated NHS independent review of gender identity services for children […]

Brighton Sceptics and the Reece’s Pieces

22nd November, 2023 0

from the twitter thread. Let me tell you about “Reece’s Pieces”. So, Brighton Skeptics were to hold a talk in January between Hannah Barnes and […]

The Muddling of the American Mind – Part II

22nd March, 2023 17

Apologies for the delay on publshing Part II. The weight of muddle proved too much for me at times! But I thought I must publish […]

The Muddling of the American Mind: Part I

23rd July, 2022 76

In a recent blog post on the web site Science Based Medicine, Steven Novella asks the question “What does the science actually say about biological […]