Inaccurate
Contrary to viral misinformation, cow feed additive Bovaer shows no safety concerns for consumers
Claim:
Cow feed additive Bovaer is unsafe, makes milk unfit for human consumption
Articles tagged with
Cows
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Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
MisleadingViral claim that cow burps are not an important contributor to climate change ignores full range of greenhouse gas emissions of beef production
Claim:
Methane from cows is only a small percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions, it would be produced anyways without cattle, it is not an important contributor to climate change
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-19 -
Lacks contextClaim that cows have more impact on climate than cars depends on the timescale
Claim:
Burping cows are more damaging to the climate than all the cars on this planet.
Source: Financial Times, Barclay's, 2019-02-19 -
0.3NeutralAtlantic story on the climate implications of reduced beef consumption could provide clearer context
“The article explains the issue (meat production diverts crops from humans to cattle) on a simple level. More explanation and more context could have been provided, I think, regarding individual-level and sectoral sources of greenhouse emissions.”
