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No evidence that eroding wind turbine blades harm farmland
Claim:
Farmers have lost their crops and livelihood due to microplastics and fiberglass from eroding wind turbine blades.
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Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-01-17 -
MisleadingContrary to Wide Awake Media’s misleading claims, wind turbines are greener than fossil fuels by multiple measures
Claim:
A staggering quantity of CO2 emissions are required to erect a single wind turbine. A significant proportion of retired turbine blades end up in landfill sites, unable to be recycled.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, 2025-01-27 -
Lacks contextSome evidence that wind turbines can harm eagles, but more are killed by other causes
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Windmills are a threat to eagles’ population.
Source: Instagram, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-01-16 -
MisleadingFlawed analysis of Florida Medicaid data used to promote false claim that vaccines cause autism
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“New peer-reviewed study again confirms childhood vaccines are likely responsible for nearly 80% of the autism cases in US”
Source: Substack, X/Twitter, Steve Kirsch, 2025-01-25 -
InaccurateNature Biotechnology study misrepresented in social media posts claiming “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
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Nature study shows “all mRNA jabs cause heart damage”
Source: Facebook, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2025-01-15 -
MisleadingEarth was hotter in the past, but that doesn’t make humans safer from modern climate change
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It is not too hot now. Temperatures and CO2 are lower now than they have been throughout nearly the entire history of the Earth.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, Patrick Moore, 2025-01-07 -
InaccurateContrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
Claim:
Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
Inaccurate
Japanese government didn’t declare COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to be deadly
Claim:
Japan Officially Named Covid mRNA vaccines “Most Deadly Drug in History of Humankind”
Source: The People’s Voice, X/Twitter, Baxter Dmitry, Jim Ferguson, 2024-11-07 -
Incorrect
No, HAARP can’t create floods, climate change can make heavy rainfall more extreme
Claim:
HAARP is responsible for recent floods in Spain, New Mexico, and elsewhere.
Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-10-30 -
Incorrect
Baseless claims linking root canals with cancer and other serious illnesses rely on outdated and long-disproven theories
Claim:
Root canal treatment has “been shown to lead to diseases of the joints, brain, nervous system, and yes, even cancer"
Source: Facebook, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-11-01
