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Himalayan 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.
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-05-18 -
UnsupportedClaim that artificial sweeteners like aspartame cause cancer lacks support, according to review from WHO agencies
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Artificial sweeteners “are proven to cause cancer”; “people in the 1930s ate cake, cookies and ice cream with SUGAR. And they were healthy”
Source: Instagram, Social media user, 2024-03-16 -
Use of information panels on YouTube videos containing misinformation – a ’quick check’ study
…information panels, banners, pop-ups, maps and prompts, trustworthiness indicators) that lead users to authoritative sources on topics of particular public and societal interest or in crisis situations” (Measure 22.7). In…
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MisleadingOptimal atmospheric CO2 for dinosaurs and plants is harmful for humans; current concentration is higher than Homo sapiens have ever experienced
Claim:
High CO2 was fine for the dinosaurs and high CO2 benefits plants today in greenhouses, so more CO2 can’t be bad for humans
Source: Bright Insight, Jimmy Corsetti, 2024-02-04 -
How the blogosphere spread and amplified the Daily Mail’s unsupported allegations of climate data manipulation
Early last month, British tabloid the Daily Mail published an article accusing the former director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of rushing to publish “faulty data” so as to “influence the historic…
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0.8HighGrist article on an “Ice Apocalypse” mostly accurate, but doesn’t make the likelihood of that apocalypse clear enough to readers
…Sea-Level Rise, Science “the world’s most vulnerable megacities, like Shanghai, Mumbai, and Ho Chi Minh City, could be wiped off the map” Henning Åkesson Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University and Bolin…
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A discussion with experts on California wildfire links to climate change
…that winds were not incorporated into fire hazard maps. 2. What were the weather conditions that made the recent winter fires so bad? Daniel Swain Climate Scientist, University of California,…
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1.3HighWashington Post article accurately describes latest estimate of accelerating Antarctic ice loss
…the IMBIE study. https://www.youtube.com/embed/3jbMCyE3eUU In this illustration you can also see a “hot-spot” of mass loss on the left side of the Antarctic map, where Totten Glacier drains a portion…
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InaccurateDiesel generators do not charge most electric vehicles
Claim:
The largest EV charging station in the world is solely powered by diesel generators.
Source: Threads, Social media users, 2024-08-31