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Sunscreen doesn’t cause melanoma; most melanoma cases are due to excess UV radiation from the sun
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Melanoma wasn’t a problem until after sunscreen was invented; low vitamin D is associated with melanoma
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Source: Instagram, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-08-12 -
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Nicotine is addictive, drives tobacco dependence; nicotine patches cannot be replaced by eggplants
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“nicotine is not addictive”; consuming eggplants could replace nicotine patches
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Bryan Ardis, 2024-10-27 -
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How we know that Earth and the Universe are billions of years old and that evolution is real
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Nebulas caused by supernovas show that the Universe is 6,000 years old; The postulates of evolution haven't been observed
Source: Instagram, Major G. Coleman, 2024-09-28 -
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Tattoos do carry some health risks, but there is currently insufficient evidence for the claim that tattoo ink causes cancer
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Tattoo ink contains heavy metals that cause cancer; a zeolite cure can remove these heavy metals from the body
Source: Instagram, Danica Walker, 2024-09-27 -
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Gout is an inflammatory disease caused by uric acid crystals, not liver dysfunction
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Gout is “a liver condition”; uric acid crystals “aren’t the cause of gout or the cause of gout’s pain”
Source: Instagram, Anthony William, 2024-09-04 -
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Lack of reliable evidence supporting the claim that sauna bathing is an effective way to “detox” the body
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Sauna bathing effectively detoxes the body by inducing sweating
Source: Instagram, Facebook, Raymond Francis, Social media users, 2024-08-31 -
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Alex Jones was fined 1.5 billion dollars for defaming families of Sandy Hook shooting victims; no evidence he was fined for warning about “Covid crimes”
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Alex Jones was fined 150 billion dollars for warning about crimes related to COVID-19
Source: Instagram, Brandon Tatum, 2024-08-31 -
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WHO declaration of public health emergency triggered by worsening of mpox outbreak in Africa, not a ploy to push for using vaccine stocks
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The WHO declaration of a public health emergency is a scheme to use vaccines “stocked up in warehouses”; bird flu, parvovirus B19, and monkeypox are “rebranding” of the same virus
Source: Instagram, Rizza Islam, 2024-08-14 -
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Oral birth control doesn’t cause PCOS or uterine fibroids; wild yam and castor oil are unproven treatments
Claim:
Oral contraceptive pills are “the number one” cause of polycystic ovary syndrome; a combination of wild yam and castor oil can cure polycystic ovary syndrome and uterine fibroids
Source: Instagram, YouTube, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-07-25 -
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Studies show vaccines don’t cause sudden infant death syndrome
Claim:
Vaccines cause SIDS
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-07-26
