Most popular climate change stories of 2017 reviewed by scientists
…to manipulate data and dupe world leaders (Mail on Sunday, republished online by the Daily Mail)—a story that was later corrected by the Mail on Sunday following a decision by…
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MisleadingThe number of COVID-19 deaths over the entire pandemic is higher in the U.S. than Europe, even when controlling for population size
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The U.S. has “a better handle on [COVID-19] than Europe”; “the disease is less deadly here than it is in most of Europe, based on case fatality data”
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What do we know about the safety of bisphenol A in food packaging?
…report, several countries, including Canada, Denmark, France, and China, took action and banned the use of BPA in baby bottles. In 2011, the European Union also banned the sale of…
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Here is who repeated an unsupported claim about “a complete cure for cancer in a year”, misleading millions on social media
…in a 28 Jan. article by the Jerusalem Post, in which Dan Aridor, CEO of the company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies (AEBi), announced that they had discovered a cure for cancer…
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Science Feedback Launches French Website to Empower the Public to Verify the Credibility of Scientific Information
…social networks. Until now, our work was published in English. In 2017, we earned International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certification for our evidence-based work, followed by the launch of Health Feedback…
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InaccurateMislabeled and manipulated videos of natural disasters go viral amidst recent hurricane activity
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Recent footage is real and shows accurately-labeled natural disasters, such as tornadoes and storms that occurred from Hurricane Milton.
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InaccuratePeter McCullough makes inaccurate and misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccines at event hosted by European political party
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COVID-19 vaccine mRNA cannot be broken down; COVID-19 vaccines cause excess death and unprecedented blood clots
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MisleadingStudy claiming that ivermectin reduces COVID-19 mortality by 92% has important methodological problems
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“Ivermectin reduces COVID death risk by 92%, peer-reviewed study finds”; NIH now lists ivermectin as COVID-19 therapy
Source: Facebook, The Blaze, Twitter/X, Jake Shields, Paul Sacca, Robby Starbuck, 2022-09-03 -
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The potentials and limitations of tree plantings as a climate solution
…dark car on a hot August day. The greater evaporation of water by new trees can favor the formation of clouds (cooling effect), but also increase the amount of water…