This Show Makes You Dumber

Sat down to watch "The Truth About Toxins" episode. It started off well, had an expert walk through his home and point out all of the toxins found in every day household items and what ill effects they're linked to. I even made a comment at the time: "I'm glad he's not doing a show on those scam de-tox plans."

Next segment featured a Silicon Valley bigwig and so-called expert on microwave radiation, whos says that it's dangerous and emitted from every appliance in your home, including, and especially from your cell phone. This "expert" then made a comment: "Microwaves cook everything from the inside out." This is a FALLACY. And my kook radar started going off. Then he comes out with the anecdote that women who keep their cellphones in their bras have gotten breast cancer. No data or studies cited. Next thing you know, he's giving Morgan oils and magic potions to rid his body of all these toxins (and microwaves??). This has all been thoroughly debunked, by, you know...science. It was then that we all threw our hands up in despair and hoped to see a segment after the commercial break that would set the record straight. That never happened.

Instead, we got a segment about a New York-based parents group fighting for "dangerous" toxins and chemicals to be eliminated from their toys. "For our children, and for our children's children" they said repeatedly. Yet, there was not a single study cited that showed there are dangerous levels of these things in toys sold in New York. Are there? I don't know. Does anyone know? No experts were consulted. It reminded me of the vaccine "controversy", like how mercury is a component of vaccines, therefore vaccines are harmful and should be avoided. Well, guess what folks? Hydrogen is a dangerous flammable gas. AND IT'S IN YOUR WATER!!! That's right, H2O folks. It's idiocy.

I found this episode misleading, and quite frankly dangerous. It displays both science, and nonsensical pseudo-scientific crap as equally legitimate sources of knowledge. I assume the average rube at home ate it all up and believed every word. I, on the other hand, armed with previous knowledge, was able to cut through the *beep* but all the lies I did catch made me question the rest of the show, and even the series entirely.

If I didn't know any better, it would have made me dumber and less-informed than I'd started, and would have come away with "knowledge" that:

YOUR CELLPHONE WILL GIVE YOU CANCER!!!
YOUR COUCH WILL MAKE YOU INFERILE!!!
YOUR KIDS' TOYS WILL KILL THEM!!!

This is the last episode of Inside Man I'll ever watch.