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SummaryIn this episode, Dr. Lyle discusses benzoyl peroxide and the recent concerns raised by Valashur about the presence of benzene in benzoyl peroxide products. He explains that Valashur has a history of testing products for impurities and no
SummaryIn this episode of the Critical Science podcast, Dr. Lyle Burgoon discusses the topic of drug testing, with a focus on methamphetamine testing. He explains the different forms of methamphetamine and how they affect the brain. Dr. Burgoon
Happy New Year! New Year, New You, right? Well, it wasn't quite in the new year, but the American Academy of Pediatrics may have re-made themselves into a Merchant of Fear. In December 2023, the AAP released a statement that although GMOs thems
Thanks for your patience while I was away on travel. I spent a couple of weeks in Korea presenting at 2 conferences, including 1 Keynote Address. And somehow one of my kids speaks better Korean than me!?! (It's not hard to speak better Korean t
Well, California has gone full chemophobic on us. Governor Newsom signed an incredibly anti-science bill into law. They have decided that banning chemicals that will not cause cancer at human relevant concentrations in food is the way to go. Th
You know, this is all my opinion, and by now you know, I have a lot of opinions. In this episode, I want to talk about one of the Merchants of Fear, the Center for Food Safety, and some of the latest misinformation and bullshit they're spreadin
Welcome to Summer 2023, or as I like to call it, the Summer of Sweeteners! It seems like everywhere I turn, someone is talking about how artificial sweeteners will give you cancer, or will give you a leaky gut, or some other such nonsense.In to
Hey everyone, thanks for tuning in! I had a bit of an unintended extended break, but I'm back in the saddle again. Hope your summer is going well, in spite of all the scare headlines about aspartame, sucralose, and other artificial sweeteners.D
Have you ever had lunch with a bunch of strangers? And things seem to be going well, right? And then the conversation turns to agriculture -- I'm sure this happens to everyone! And funny enough, the conversation becomes one not about food secur
[Editorial Note: June 27, 2023: I updated this episode because I made a mistake about benzene. I got it confused with a different chemical. We don't make benzene in our bodies. So I edited that stuff out in the new version of the episode. Sorr
I was talking with a colleague about an article from a few weeks ago. A person tested positive for a biomarker associated with vinyl chloride (note the word associated). This person lives in East Palestine, OH, and immediately concluded that th
If you've heard the podcast before, you know I'm pushing you to think critically. Don't accept what you read in headlines, or in the press, as the truth. There's a pretty little hype machine at work, and it's tuned to your fears. PFAS is the la
What does scientific uncertainty, and communicating about uncertainty, have to do with the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio? A lot.In today's episode, I talk about what uncertainty in science is, and why it is important to communicate o
Lots to say here. In today's episode I'm going to talk about something that bothers me -- science by press release. Not all science press releases are bad. Some are fine. But some are just downright awful. When a press release trumpets some ala
A listener asked me recently, "What's clean makeup?" And ya know what? I didn't have a clue. I mean, I guessed what it was, and I found out I was right (I'm a good guesser sometimes). But what does "clean" mean for your makeup? Should you buy i
This is a bit newsy -- the makers of Banana Boat have recalled several products due to a benzene contamination. So, what is benzene? Why are the press saying it could give you cancer? Is there really a risk? And I'll talk about my prediction th
Risk 101 is a series within the Critical Science Podcast that will introduce you to some of the key terms and concepts that you need to know. These are concepts and terms that we should have been taught in high school, but weren't. In this epis
I love bacon! Actually, I loved cured meats! I also love veggies high in nitrates! And fortunately, for me, all these things love me, too. But for people who suffer from heartburn, could these foods high in nitrates and nitrites actually give t
I'm taking a short break for the holidays, and will be back in January 2023!But remember -- just because someone detects a chemical in a food, that doesn't mean it's going to hurt you! Help us continue Critical Science. Every dollar helps us fo
In old Westerns, you'd see the hero come in wearing white. It was a subtle hint, a subtle clue that this was the hero. The Lone Ranger wore white. He was the hero, there to save the day. Your hero! Your savior!We tend to have a bias to lionize
Ever heard of noise? I'm certain you have. In science, when we talk about noise, we're normally talking about the variance or the variability when trying to measure something. In toxicology, that noise is usually the variability associated with
In 2006, Satoshi Kanazawa published a paper where he said very attractive parents will tend to give birth to more daughters. Yep, he said that. He believed that he had evidence of the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis (an evolutionary biology hypothes
In 1948, a year after a trio of judges wrote the Nuremberg Code in response to Nazi experiments on human subjects kidnapped and imprisoned in concentration camps, Olive Watkins Smith published, "Diethylstilbestrol in the prevention and treatmen
A couple of weeks ago, a California resident filed a class action lawsuit against Mars, Inc., the maker of Skittles. The plaintiff alleges that Skittles “are unfit for human consumption because they contain titanium dioxide.” The plaintiff alle
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