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No, a study didn’t establish that tampons are toxic and cause health problems, contrary to social media posts
Claim:
Toxic metals in tampons are causing reproductive health problems like endometriosis and infertility
Search results for: "miscarriage risk calculator"
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Source: TikTok, Threads, Social media users, 2024-07-10 -
UnsupportedBaseless claim that COVID-19 vaccines killed more than 200,000 comes from flawed BMC Infectious Diseases study
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More than 200,000 people may have died due to the COVID-19 vaccine
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Mark Skidmore, 2023-01-24 -
InaccurateModerna didn’t already produce COVID-19 mRNA vaccines before the pandemic; statement by CEO of Moderna misinterpreted
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Moderna was already producing COVID-19 vaccines before the beginning of the pandemic
Source: Instagram, Instagram users, 2023-02-09 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccines have enhanced reporting requirements for vaccine safety database, so death reports cannot be simply compared to other vaccines
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“More people have been killed by the COVID vaccines in the last 20 months than all the other vaccines in the world over the last thirty years combined.”
Source: One America News Network, Pearson Sharp, 2022-11-01 -
0.3NeutralNew Scientist article accurately summarises polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) research but overstates significance of animal studies
…hopes and cause distress to many women who suffer from this condition. As we saw recently with reports of the “breakthrough” announcement that Vitamin B3 can prevent miscarriage[1], extremely high-quality…
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-1.3LowArticle claiming vaccines cause autoimmunity and autism due to fetal DNA contaminants found unsupported and implausible
…National University of Singapore Fetal DNA could activate the immune system, and it seems to happen during late-stage pregnancy or miscarriage, but no proof exists that DNA contained in the…
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IncorrectCOVID-19 vaccines didn’t cause injuries and disabilities that cost the economy billions of dollars; vaccines benefited the economy
Claim:
COVID-19 vaccines caused “26.6 million Injuries” and “1.36 million Disabilities” in 2022 and cost the economy billions of dollars.
Source: Twitter/X, Phinance Technologies, Edward Dowd, 2023-03-28 -
UnsupportedJapan preprint on myocarditis used inadequate methods to suggest COVID-19 vaccines cause more myocarditis deaths
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“SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was associated with higher risk of myocarditis death [...] risk of myocarditis following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may be more serious than that reported previously”
Source: The Epoch Times, Instagram, Stephen Hussey, Zachary Stieber, 2022-10-27 -
UnsupportedThe Pfizer bivalent vaccines are very unlikely to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, contrary to claims on social media
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The Pfizer COVID-19 bivalent vaccine causes strokes
Source: Twitter/X, Instagram, Social media users, 2023-01-14 -
There is no evidence that eating cucumbers reduces the risk of cancer; cucumbers contain cucurbitacin B, which could be a candidate for developing new anti-cancer drugs
Claim:
“Cucumber kills lung cancer cells”; “cucurbitacin B suppressed growth of human lung cancer cells by 90%, reduced their ability to invade surrounding tissues by 75% and reduced migration ability by 88%”
Source: The Eden Prescription, Ethan Evers, 2021-04-26