For those concerned about Consumer
Reports steady slide into promoting pseudoscience, a visit to CR headquarters
by celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz should be cause for alarm. The Genetic Literacy
Project has obtained a Consumer Reports in house memo announcing a visit in May
2014 to CR headquarters for an “off the record” event. A number of CR staffers
have appeared on the Dr. Oz show, including MIchael Hansen, who has faced intense criticism
for spreading misinformation about crop biotechnology, and the visit seems
designed to cement that relationship. Time was scheduled for Dr. Oz to learn
more about CR’s testing and take part in a discussion with staff facilitated by
Urvashi Rangan, Consumers Union senior staffer who has worked closely in the
past with Oz’s team on various issues……...Much More Here....
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