Misleading
Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Search results for: "cranberry juice and rubbing alcohol parasites"
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Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
MisleadingFox News article listing alleged mistakes in COVID-19 public health response mixes accurate information with unsubstantiated claims
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Natural immunity protects better than vaccination; “the mortality risk of an un-boosted person under age 30 was zero”; cloth face masks, school closures had zero benefits for children and some harm
Source: Fox News, Marty Makary, 2022-03-16 -
From vibrant corals to white skeletons: climate change and looming existential threats to coral reefs
…reefs and reefs inside marine reserves are equally affected by warming and are no better off than unprotected reefs and reefs adjacent to human population centers [Bruno and Valdivia (2016)[19],…
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Misleading2018’s most popular health article wrongly claims that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol
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Federal study finds marijuana a hundred times less toxic than alcohol, safer than tobacco
Source: urhealthguide, John Regan, 2018-01-04 -
Misleading
Consuming turpentine is dangerous and shouldn’t be used to treat parasites
Claim:
Consuming turpentine will kill parasites
Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2022-09-01 -
Mostly accuratePrioritizing plant-based foods in our diet can benefit climate and health, but Forbes article missed some key details
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Prioritizing plant-based foods and reducing overconsumption of animal-based protein is healthier and reduces greenhouse gas emissions
Source: Forbes, Simi Thambi, 2024-08-28 -
Sea-level rise: to mitigate or adapt? Experts say we need to do both.
…water) and the rapid melting of land-based ice in Greenland, Antarctica, and mountain glaciers, which increases the total volume of water in the oceans. These recorded increases in sea-level mean…
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-1.7Very lowTelegraph article on climate change mixes accurate and unsupported, inaccurate claims, misleads with false balance
…and Copernicus have trends ranging from 0.17C to 0.21C per decade between 1990 and 2018. The two lower tropospheric records, UAH and RSS, have trends of 0.13C and 0.22C per…
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-1.8Very lowCO2 coalition sponsored article in The Washington Times presents list of false and misleading statements about the impacts of CO2 and climate change
…12 – Mbow et al. (2019) IP Food Security. In: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and…
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UnsupportedRussell Brand’s YouTube videos use flawed analyses and simplistic correlations to link COVID-19 vaccines to heart issues, cancer, excess deaths
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines are associated with an increase in heart conditions, cancer
Source: YouTube, Russell Brand, 2024-01-10