Sorry, Listerine Didn’t Invent Bad Breath
It’s a symptom of the Internet age that medical skeptics can find all kinds of reasons to doubt the “medical establishment.” Often, this is the form of factoids that may be actual truths blown out of proportion, half-truths that are misinterpreted, or outright falsehoods. One particular factoid that’s making the rounds right now is that Listerine “invented” the medical condition [...]