Michael Specter
Michael Specter
Michael Specteris an American journalist who has been a staff writer, focusing on science and technology, and global public health at The New Yorker since September 1998. He has also written for The Washington Post and The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
CountryUnited States of America
fraud monsanto being-accused
It is not possible to assert publicly that Monsanto is anything other than venal without being accused of being a sellout, a fraud, or worse.
vitamins values
Daily vitamins are of no value.
writing epidemics medicine
I started to write about science and medicine at the Washington Post, in the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
care dollars cost
Your dollar cheeseburger isn't a dollar if you factor in what it's going to cost in health care.
people way belief
People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.
corn crops mankind
All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isnt whether our food has been modified, but how.
needs demand granted
Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don't take anything for granted. But here's the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we're not that good at doing that.