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Edible food coating Apeel doesn’t contain toxic ingredients; its ingredients are recognized as safe for use in foods
Claim:
Apeel contains harmful ingredients
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Source: TikTok, One America News Network, Facebook, Alison Steinberg, Social media users, 2024-06-26 -
IncorrectUnprotected sun overexposure, not sunscreen or sunglasses, causes sunburn and skin cancer
Claim:
“sunscreen and then skin cancer, it's a direct correlation”; wearing sunglasses increases the risk of sunburn; sunscreen reduces vitamin D production
Source: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-07-11 -
UnsupportedNo, a study didn’t establish that tampons are toxic and cause health problems, contrary to social media posts
Claim:
Toxic metals in tampons are causing reproductive health problems like endometriosis and infertility
Source: Threads, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-07-10 -
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MisleadingRisk of secondary cancer from chemotherapy is low; chemo ingredients aren’t just 100% mustard gas
Claim:
Chemotherapy is 100% mustard gas, chemotherapy causes cancer
Source: TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Alexander Hickman (aka Yahki Rapha Elohim), 2024-05-28 -
IncorrectColored squares on toothpaste tubes guide machines during production, aren’t secret codes for ingredients
Claim:
Blocks of color printed on toothpaste tubes indicate whether the toothpaste is made of safe ingredients
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Carlos Juico, Social media users, 2024-01-04 -
InaccurateMammograms don’t increase risk of dying from breast cancer; they reduce it
Claim:
Mammograms don’t prevent cancer; mammograms contribute to cancer development
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Barbara O'Neill, 2024-05-22 -
UnsupportedCurrent evidence doesn’t suggest coffee contains toxic levels of mold, nor that it causes cancer
Claim:
Toxin found in coffee attacks the bladder and kidneys, causes cancer
Source: TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Maria Menounos, Dave Asprey, 2024-05-15 -
IncorrectHimalayan salt formed through the evaporation of ancient seas; no evidence that this salt is petrified blood or tissue
Claim:
Himalayan salt deposits are the petrified remains of ancient giants.
Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-05-18