I want to note that this didn’t initially bother me because of fake root beer. Instead, it bothers me because scientists destroy their credibility by uncritical

I want to note that this didn’t initially bother me because of fake root beer. Instead, it bothers me because scientists destroy their credibility by uncritically repeating the misinformation. In this case, I found that many native food plants which contain safrole (like sassafras and hoja santa) are inaccurately labeled and disregarded as “toxic”. This is ignorant misinformation, and the people who are familiar with those plants and use them every day trust scientists less as a result of their demonstrable ignorance.