Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice in her Wonderland might say. Last week Norman Kjono exposed some curious research that exonerated some heavy-duty anti-depressants from any negative role in foetus development.
At the same time this surprising yet reassuring, according to the CDC, message was being disseminated, other research damning Environmental Tobacco Smoke for its supposed role in childhood behavior problems was being broadcast by the anti-tobacco press. Quite a contrast. Prescription anti-depressant drugs, fine. Tobacco smoke, horrendous. Par for the course in an era where pharmaceutical companies own the public health system. In this follow up Mr. Kjono lets the researcher herself explain how taking tranquilizers during pregnancy doesn’t produce the risks that exposure to a naturally occurring organic substance, tobacco, does. We’re not giving anything away by remarking that convoluted logic rears its ugly head.
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