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CTV News: "How long can the virus last on surfaces?"; March 27, 2020
CTV News: "Physical Distancing & the Lag Between Number of Infections and Positive Results"; March 20, 2020
SkepDoc Book Review: "The Science and Pseudoscience of What We Eat"; January 18, 2020
CTV The Social: "‘A Grain of Salt' separates sense from nonsense when it comes to what we eat"; October 3, 2019
NewsTalk1010: "Separating Sense From Nonsense When it Comes to the Science Behind What We Eat"; October 3, 2019
CJAD The Elias Makos Show: The Five Stages of Grief are Total Nonsense, and we need to stop using them"; June 24, 2019
CJAD The Natasha Hall Show: It's Time to Do Away With the Five Stages of Grief; June 10, 2019
National Post: "Montreal YouTuber's 'completely insane' anti-vaxx videos have scientists outraged; May 31, 2019
CTV News: "Homeopathic products now come with a warning in Quebec"; May 31, 2019
CBC World News: "Why some experts say it's time for Twitter and Facebook to ban anti-vaccination posts"; May 22, 2019
Super Awesome Science Show podcast; March 12, 2019
The Elias Makos Show; January 19, 2019
Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge; January 19, 2019
The National Post: "McGill science group takes aim at pharmacies for selling 'quack' flu remedy": January 17, 2019
Actualité: "Des scientifiques de McGill dénoncent un «remède de charlatan» contre la grippe"; January 17, 2019
BBC: "Scientist debunks health hoaxes with viral parody video"; July 17, 2019
La Presse: "Une vraie fausse nouvelle partagée au nom de la science"; July 13, 2018
WIRED: A ‘Cancer Cure' Video Skewered Bad Science - And Went Viral Itself; July 10, 2018
Radio Canada International: "Health myths debunked in new book"; June 12, 2018
Science-Based Medicine: Book Review - "A Feast of Science"; May 22, 2018
CTV's The Social: "Meet the doctor who is putting scientific myths to rest"; May 16, 2018
Global News Toronto, The Morning Show: "Separating Science from Snake Oil"; May 15, 2018
CTV's Your Morning: "This doctor is trying to ‘separate sense from nonsense’ by demystifying scientific facts"; May 14, 2018
CJAD: "Montreal blogger called out for "alternative" views on treating cancer"; April 27, 2018
CTV News: "Montreal-based vlogger faces ire over alternative cancer remedies"; April 27, 2018
Media Mentions
CBC.ca: "Potential COVID-19 vaccine has re-energized anti-vaccination groups, health experts warn"; June 29, 2020
La Presse: "Une aromathérapeute québécoise épinglée par les autorités américaines"; June 18, 2020
CBC News: "5 myths about preventing, detecting COVID-19"; April 2, 2020
GlobalNews.ca: "Taking a break from vodka: Distilleries making hand sanitizer during COVID-19 crisis"; March 26, 2020
CBC.CA: "Experts alarmed as recipes for homemade hand sanitizer proliferate online"; March 26, 2020
The Toronto Star: "Arsenicum, colloidal silver and other ‘remedies’ that won’t cure coronavirus"; February 25, 2020
Chatelaine: "Can Oil Of Oregano Actually Prevent Colds?: January 22, 2020
'I was like, wait, no!' Did Goop's chief content officer really have an exorcism?; January 16, 2020
The Atlantic: "Autism’s Trendiest Alternative Treatment Has No Plausible Explanation"; June 22, 2019
Radio-Canada: "Cette vidéo virale sur les aliments « artificiels » contient plusieurs faussetés"; June 6, 2019
Today's Parent: "Should you worry that sunscreen ingredients could be entering your kid’s bloodstream?"; May 30, 2019
Do You Eat the Rainbow? Here's What Produce Colors Mean for Your Nutrition; March 12, 2019
Popular Science: "Homeopathic and natural remedies aren’t the same thing—and only one of them is total nonsense"
Reader's Digest Best Health: "Reiki Treatment: Would You Try Energy Medicine?"
Debunking Denialism: "Natural News Banned From YouTube"
The Weather Channel:" Far From Natural"
National Geographic: "Fact or Fiction: Can You Really Sweat Out Toxins?"
Science-Based Medicine: "Brittany Auerbach aka Montreal Healthy Girl Gives Unhealthy Advice"
Medium: "Flu and fish-mato. Conspiracy theories have real public health consequences"
CTV News: "Montreal-based vlogger faces ire over alternative cancer remedies"
The National Post: "Can You Really Live on Meat Alone? Everything You Need to Know About the Carnivore Diet"; November 29, 2019
CJAD: "The Natasha Hall Show"; January 15, 2019
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