The Hidden Costs of Food Misinformation: Visualizing the Consequences

While people readily fear ingredients in conventional foods after seeing alarming social media posts, they rarely visualize what abandoning modern agricultural practices would actually mean. The consequences would hit lower-income populations hardest, forcing even more difficult choices between malnutrition and unaffordable food. Learn more in an op-ed by Dr. Jessica Steier, DrPH, is a public health scientist specializing in health policy and program evaluation, serving as the CEO of Vital Statistics Consulting. She is also the founder of Unbiased Science, a science communication organization dedicated to promoting science literacy and combating misinformation, as well as the Executive Director of the Science Literacy Lab.