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Gwyneth Paltrow has been taken to task for claims made on her website Goop. Matt Sayles/AP Photo
Gwyneth Paltrow has been taken to task for claims made on her website Goop. Matt Sayles/AP Photo
Gwyneth Paltrow's crystals are no match for big pharma
In our rush to embrace folksy, alternative remedies to health and environmental problems, we risk abandoning the principles of science