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Insufficient evidence for the claim that benzoyl peroxide in skincare products poses cancer risk
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Benzene in benzoyl peroxide-containing skincare products poses a cancer risk
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Source: TikTok, Social media users, 2024-03-07 -
MisleadingTennessee House Bill HB1894 isn’t evidence that vaccines are present in food at grocery stores; edible vaccines remain hypothetical for now
Claim:
Researchers have “already perfected the ability to put human vaccines” into certain foods “right now”; grocery vegetables might contain human vaccines
Source: TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-21 -
InaccurateVarious childhood vaccines have been tested in saline placebo-controlled randomized trials, contrary to claims by those opposed to vaccination
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“No childhood vaccine has ever been through a double blind placebo controlled trial.”
Source: Facebook, Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-24 -
IncorrectThe level of aluminum in childhood vaccines is safe, even for babies
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Per FDA guidelines, babies are too small to safely handle the amount of aluminum in childhood vaccines
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-18 -
IncorrectFrance passed a law targeting health-threatening psychological manipulation and influence, but didn’t criminalize criticism of mRNA vaccines
Claim:
“France will send citizens to jail if they question mRNA vaccines”; “It’s now a crime in France to oppose the mRNA vax”
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2024-02-16 -
MisleadingThe American Red Cross doesn’t prevent people vaccinated against COVID-19 from donating blood, contrary to rehashed viral claim
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccine recipients might not be eligible for blood donation
Source: Instagram, Twitter, Social media users, 2024-02-21 -
InaccurateGlobal COVID Vaccine Safety study identified already-known risks, doesn’t show that risks are greater than benefits
Claim:
Global COVID Vaccine Safety study shows that COVID-19 vaccines are dangerous, inadequately tested; getting vaccinated is more dangerous than getting COVID-19
Source: Instagram, Twitter, Social media users, 2024-02-19 -
MisleadingStudy calls for people to grow their own food for many years to come, despite finding higher carbon footprint compared to conventional agriculture
Claim:
Study and headline saying homegrown food is more carbon intensive than conventional agriculture is meant to discourage and stop people from growing their own food
Source: The Atlas Society, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-01-26 -
InaccurateUS proposed bills and hearings do not confirm the use of chemtrails, which do not exist and are not a geoengineering strategy
Claim:
US state governments are banning chemtrails, confirming secret government programs using chemtrails for various purposes that harm the public and the environment
Source: Facebook, YouTube, Social media users, 2024-01-12 -
UnsupportedRat study alleged to link COVID-19 vaccines to autism cannot be generalized to humans and contains important limitations
Claim:
“COVID-19 Shots Linked to Autism in Vaccinated Rats: Study”
Source: Twitter/X, Substack, The Epoch Times, Social media users, 2024-01-12
