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Acidity 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
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Source: Facebook, Internet user, 2017-04-19 -
-1.9Very lowBreitbart article baselessly claims a study of past climate invalidates human-caused climate change
…this report, the year 2030—12 years from now—is given as the “point of no return”, if we keep releasing CO2 at our current rate. What this means is that after…
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Misinformation superspreaders are thriving on Musk-owned Twitter
…closely correlated with endorsing their message (this assumption is validated by previous research we conducted). Lastly, we filtered these accounts to keep only those that had significant influence using the…
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The Wall Street Journal fails to acknowledge that 2016 was the warmest year on record
Claim:
no one really knows if last year (2016) was a (global temperature) record
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal editorial, 2017-01-19 -
IncorrectBaseless claims linking root canals with cancer and other serious illnesses rely on outdated and long-disproven theories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: X/Twitter, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-11-01 -
UnsupportedArticle claiming that the National Cancer Institute “admits marijuana kills cancer” is inaccurate and unsupported
Claim:
Cancer Institute Finally Admits Marijuana Kills Cancer
Source: Healthy Food House, USA Health Times, Anonymous, 2018-04-21 -
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No scientific evidence supports the claim that consuming apple cider vinegar is a rapid and effective long-term weight control approach
Claim:
Apple cider vinegar and thermogenic supplements are effective for rapid weight loss
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2022-05-01 -
IncorrectCarbon isotopes do not show that humans’ climate impacts are too small to notice, despite the Daily Sceptic’s inaccurate claim
Claim:
Human-caused carbon emissions’ effect on climate is ‘non-discernible’. Measurements of carbon isotope ratios in atmospheric CO2 indicate that it is the recent expansion of a more productive biosphere that has led to increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
Source: Daily Sceptic, Chris Morrison, 2024-04-08 -
MisleadingThe presence of titanium dioxide in face masks hasn’t been associated with toxicity or any health problems
Claim:
Face masks contain a “cancer-causing compound”; “exposure to titanium dioxide ‘systematically exceeded the acceptable exposure level to TiO2 by inhalation’”
Source: Children's Health Defense, Joseph Mercola, 2022-03-11 -
IncorrectEating alkaline food cannot prevent or cure COVID-19
Claim:
The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level.
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-04-15