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Little clinical evidence supports the use of papaya seeds to treat intestinal parasites
Claim:
“Papaya seeds contain compounds that naturally kill parasites”
Search results for: "The Guardian science reporting evaluation"
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-11 -
IncorrectAcidity in bottled drinking water not a cause for health concern, contrary to popular Facebook video claim
Claim:
Drinking bottled water with an acidic pH is bad for your health
Source: Facebook, Internet user, 2017-04-19 -
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InaccurateNOAA does not fraudulently adjust data to create the illusion of a global warming trend
Claim:
Using complex statistical models, [NOAA] change[s] the data to reflect not reality, but their underlying theories of global warming.
Source: Investors' Business Daily, Anonymous, 2018-03-29 -
Lacks contextBringing clarity to misleading claims about wind turbines’ costs, impacts on birds
Claim:
Wind turbines are killing bald eagles, and make you pay more for electricity
Source: Gateway Pundit, Gregory Lyakhov, 2026-01-13 -
MisleadingSignificant flaws in Henry Ford study used to claim childhood vaccines cause harm
Claim:
Unpublished study from Henry Ford Health System shows unvaccinated children are healthier
Source: X/Twitter, Aaron Siri, Nicolas Hulscher, Marjorie Taylor Greene, 2025-09-09 -
MisleadingNo, the Shanghai government has not recommended intravenous vitamin C as a treatment for COVID-19
Claim:
The government of Shanghai, China has announced its official recommendation that COVID-19 should be treated with high amounts of intravenous vitamin C
Source: Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Andrew W. Saul, 2020-03-03 -
InaccurateClaims that long COVID doesn’t exist misrepresent study by Queensland Health researchers
Claim:
Queensland Health Researchers find that long COVID doesn’t exist
Source: New York Post, The Blaze, One America News Network, Paul Sacca, David Landsel, Brook Mallory, Brooke Mallory, 2024-03-14 -
IncorrectHuman-induced increases in greenhouse gases are the primary driver of global warming, contrary to claims in CFACT article
Claim:
They tell us that we are the primary forces controlling earth temperatures by the burning of fossil fuels and releasing their carbon dioxide. I hope my readers can recognize the absurdity of their claims. … increasing sunspots are linked to increases in earth temperature
Source: CFACT, Jay Lehr, 2020-04-08 -
MisleadingPrimary COVID-19 transmission is by close contact with infected people; nasopharyngeal swab-based testing provides the highest diagnostic accuracy
Claim:
“Ever wonder why they have to stick a Q-tip through your nose to the back of your head to swab a sample of covid but a droplet of saliva will infect a whole village at one time”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-04