Joe - Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

After reading the article I decided to research the author - the article appears to be a reflection of his personal viewpoint as an MD and vegan - not that there is anything wrong with that.

From the many other articles he has written as a senior writer at The Atlantic, and a published author, his focus appears to be centered on promoting veganism from both a health and an ethical viewpoint. Again that's fine - we're all entitled to our own opinion.

The article does mention that a deficiency of B12 vitamins can also cause cancer and goes on to discuss the lack of dose regulation in the supplement industry - promoting this agenda may or may not be the underlying intention of the article. However using the headline scare tactic of B vitamins causing cancer to promote a different agenda would be viewed by many as unethical.

The article also makes no mention of those, who for diagnosed health reasons, may require either therapeutic doses of B6 or B12 or to maintain a non-vegan diet.