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Sunscreen doesn’t cause melanoma; most melanoma cases are due to excess UV radiation from the sun
Claim:
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 -
IncorrectNo, HAARP can’t create floods, climate change can make heavy rainfall more extreme
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HAARP is responsible for recent floods in Spain, New Mexico, and elsewhere.
Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-10-30 -
IncorrectBaseless claims linking root canals with cancer and other serious illnesses rely on outdated and long-disproven theories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 -
InaccurateNicotine 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: Facebook, Instagram, Bryan Ardis, 2024-10-27 -
Lacks contextSolar panels produce a small amount of waste compared to other sources
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Renewable energy isn’t green; by 2050, 78 million metric tonnes of solar panels will reach the end of their lives and can't be recycled.
Source: Ben Fordham Live, Ben Fordham, 2024-09-29 -
IncorrectHow 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 -
UnsupportedComputational study didn’t demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccine boosters increase mortality in care homes
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“COVID-19 mRNA boosters directly contributed to the deaths of millions of nursing home residents worldwide”
Source: The People’s Voice, Baxter Dmitry, 2024-10-20 -
MisleadingLow amounts of fluoride added to community water not associated with neurotoxicity, contrary to online claims
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Fluoride is a neurotoxin; community water fluoridation is associated with lower IQ in children
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2024-10-19 -
MisleadingClaim that there are “no deaths from cannabis use anywhere” is misleading
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“There are no deaths from cannabis use anywhere”
Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2024-10-26 -
InaccurateHigh blood cholesterol increases the risk of cardiovascular death; statins are safe and effectively reduce this risk
Claim:
“Nobody has ever died from high cholesterol”; “people die from the statin drugs that they give you for high cholesterol”
Source: YouTube, Facebook, Alexander Hickman (aka Yahki Rapha Elohim), 2024-10-10
