Skeptical Thoughts

Mark Honeychurch

I'm hoping that the anti-GMO crowd don't sink the new GMO banana before it has a chance to be properly tested. The banana has had genes inserted that allow it to create alpha and beta carotenes, ... (98 words)

Category: News

- science - gmo -
Mark Honeychurch

Women's gifting circles have made the news again this week as they are now officially considered a pyramid scheme by the Commerce Commission. A Nelson GP, Fran Halford, has spoken out about her own ... (299 words)

Category: News

- scam -
Mark Honeychurch

The Spinoff did a great job of looking into Hamilton Councillor Siggi Henry's views on a variety of topics. It turns out that she's anti fluoride, anti-fat (she recently said that obesity was a risk ... (76 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - fluoridation -
Mark Honeychurch

The group responsible for bringing Vaxxed, an anti-vaccine movie, to Australia and New Zealand is still causing issues in our country. There are more screenings of Vaxxed coming up, including one in ... (333 words)

Category: News

- pseudoscience - vaccines -