/oss/taxonomy/term/2286/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking/duck-st-tea-i-want-some <div> <p>Given my interest in collecting anything that is “ducky,” you’ll understand why I was drawn to ads for “Ya Shi Xiang Dan Cong” tea. That translates to, and I kid you not, “Duck Shit Aroma” tea. Of course, I would normally not use that rather uncouth expression in my writings, but that is the name by which the tea actually goes, as can be seen on its label, so I think I can be forgiven.</p></div> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 22:00:13 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9648 at /oss /oss/article/health-quackery/two-thirds-montreal-pharmacies-sell-quack-flu-buster <p><img height="880" width="998" style="width: 600px; height: 529px;" class="file-original " src="/oss/files/oss/figure_1_1.png" alt="" /></p> <p>If your child has the flu this winter, you may be tempted by an all-natural treatment that has a Health Canada approval number and that is sold in many pharmacies. Its name is so challenging to the human eye, its maker has capitalized on this bafflement for one of its marketing slogans: “unpronounceable but effective.”</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 7529 at /oss /oss/article/did-you-know/quack-medicine-used-be-taken-very-literally <p>Inhaling the breath of a duck that was captured in a test tube was once used to treat disorders of the mouth and throat in children. Talk about quack medicine!<br />  </p> Tue, 25 Apr 2017 18:03:15 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2410 at /oss