/oss/taxonomy/term/3767/all en /oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/why-did-denmark-ban-ashwagandha <p>Over the past couple of years, there’s been a lot of buzz about ashwagandha. This herb, estimated to have an annual market value of $42 million USD is available in health food stores and on Amazon, can be added to your smoothie, and is <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/03/10/what-to-know-about-ashwagandha-the-herbal-supplement-blows-up-on-tiktok-without-much-medical-research-support/?sh=71c71d4638ad">trending on TikTok</a>.</p> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Maya McKeown, B.Sc. 9531 at /oss /oss/article/test-you-asked/it-true-perfumes-contain-aborted-fetal-tissue <p>This is not to say that fetal material, specifically fetal cells, do not play a role in the manufacturing of some products. They often do. But it’s not as simple as vaccines containing crushed-up aborted fetuses.</p> <p>As David Gorski <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/aborted-fetal-tissue-and-vaccines-combining-pseudoscience-and-religion-to-demonize-vaccines-2/">explains for Science-Based Medicine</a>, “fear mongering about 'fetal parts' in vaccines is, not surprisingly, a distortion of the real situation, which is that the human cell lines are used to make some vaccines.”</p> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:21:08 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 7662 at /oss