Monday, August 16, 2010

"Autism: Made in the USA" Free film showing and discussion

Monday Aug 16, 7 pm
New Deal Cafe
113 Centerway
Greenbelt, MD 20770

The Greenbelt Reel and Meal monthly film series has invited NCAS Members and Friends to participate in a FREE viewing and post-viewing discussion of the controversial conspiracy theory film "Autism: Made in the USA". The film was produced by Gary Null. Beyond putative causes of Autism, the film also makes many wide-ranging claims about several dubious alternative medicine practices (homeopathy, etc.),
NCAS invites you to come to this free viewing and contribute your own fact-based views to a respectful discussion of the film, which will be lead by a local proponent and defender of the film.
There is an optional vegan buffet dinner at 6:30 PM.
References:
Autism: Made in the USA (YouTube 101 minutes)
Autism & Vaccines: How Bad Science Confuses the Press & Harms the Public (YouTube 40 minutes) A Nov 8, 2008 talk for NCAS at the National Science Foundation by Steven Salzberg, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,