The Science VS Essay

This piece draws upon the podcast series "Science Vs" by journalist Wendy Zukerman, which aims to take on "fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between." They focus on one popular opinion and discuss how it compares to the scientific consensus. 

With this paper, I explore the growing popular public opinion on the safety of herbal supplement usage, contrasting it with the scientific consensus and revealing the ways in which the two intersect in the creation of public policy.