Skeptic Check: Mysterious Illness

Published: Oct. 1, 2012, 2 p.m.

b'Stuttering speech and facial tics are among the strange symptoms that swept through a New York high school. Discover what\\u2019s behind the odd outbreak, and why one sociologist sees parallels to Salem, Massachusetts 300 years ago.\\nAlso, an update on the cellphone cancer debate, and why one congressman wants warning labels on all new phones.\\nPlus, the ultimate cleanse: giving up on food to survive on light and air. We investigate the claims of Breatharians.\\nIt\\u2019s Skeptic Check \\u2026 but don\\u2019t take our word for it!\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Dennis Kucinich \\u2013 U.S. Representative, Ohio\\u2019s 10th congressional district\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Joshua Muscat \\u2013 Epidemiologist, professor of public health sciences, Penn State at Hershey College of Medicine\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Michael Wyde \\u2013 Toxicologist, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Robert Bartholomew \\u2013 Sociologist, Botany College, Auckland, New Zealand, author of Outbreak! The Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Social Behavior\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Gordy Slack \\u2013 Science writer\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Benjamin Radford \\u2013 Deputy editor, Skeptical Inquirer magazine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'