Quotes by : Michael Specter

Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history.

Concepts of memory tend to reflect the technology of the times. Plato and Aristotle saw memories as thoughts....

All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of....

There is a major problem with reliance on placebos, like most vitamins and antioxidants. Everyone gets....

When people say they prefer organic food, what they often seem to mean is they don't want their food....

People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not....

The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and....

With a hundred and seventy-eight machines to sequence the precise order of the billions of chemicals....

Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's....

Consumers deserve the right to know what's in their food - and obviously, most people want that choice.....