I knew the peer review process was broken, and has been so for some time now, but I can't believe that this would see the light of day had it been subjected to legitimate peer review.
Has the process really sunk this low?
I wouldn’t be quite that worried about the scientific peer-review process. Yes, I do realize that the term has been somewhat co-opted by quacks, but in the scientific community, it still has meaning.
There are other ways of judging an article’s quality. Is it listed in PubMed? Do the authors’ credentials or affiliations match the expertise needed to write an article on that subject? What is the impact factor of the journal that published the article (meaning, how often are articles published in that journal referenced by other authors)?
This particular article is NOT listed in PubMed. The journal has a fairly low impact factor. The authors do not have the expertise to write authoritatively on that subject. Nor are they affiliated with organizations that work in that area.