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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Tylenol Plus Advil Equals Exploitation; Phony Pesticide Scares
Description: Pharma companies have taken to combining over-the-counter drugs into the same pill or bottle and charging higher prices. There's little evidence this marketing practice benefits anybody but said pharma companies. There's a new pesticide scare loose in the headlines: the weedkiller paraquat allegedly causes Parkinson's Disease. It's a phony scandal cooked up by activists and trial lawyers.