Florida’s crank surgeon general recommended people drink “structured water,” which doesn’t exist and is a snake oil product designed to separate people from their money. As Peter Gleick writes: The MAGA elevation of incompetent people to positions of power is dangerous to our health.
2026 is already looking to be filled with plenty of crank science. Over the weekend, Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s controversial surgeon general, recommended that people start drinking “structured” water—a seemingly fictional form of water that’s become popular in the alternative medicine world.
