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- Health
Posted on: 2024-11-08
Nicotine is addictive, drives tobacco dependence; nicotine patches cannot be replaced by eggplants

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“nicotine is not addictive”; consuming eggplants could replace nicotine patches

Source: Instagram, Facebook, Bryan Ardis, 2024-10-27
- Health
Posted on: 2023-05-16
Can mistletoe cure cancer?

Introduction Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. In 2020, an estimated 19.3 million new cancers were diagnosed and…
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- Health
Posted on: 2023-03-16
No evidence supports the use of medicinal plants mullein and marshmallow to cure or mitigate COVID-19

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Mullein leaves and marshmallow roots treat COVID-19

Source: TikTok, Facebook, Facebook user, 2023-03-12

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- Climate
Posted on: 2024-11-13
Climate vs. weather: a deep dive on the key differences

A key difference is their timescales by which they’re defined: weather is monitored over days to weeks, and climate typically over decades or more. Online claims that use anecdotal evidence to claim that these climate changes are ‘normal’ either in the context of ‘when they grew up’ or as part of the ‘natural cycle’ are inaccurate.
- Climate
Posted on: 2024-06-28
Sea-level rise: to mitigate or adapt? Experts say we need to do both.

Roughly 900 million people lived in low-lying coastal cities and settlements in 2020; a figure that is projected to reach 1 billion by 2050. Is there anything we can do now to reduce sea-level rise and its impacts? Our past actions will already impact sea-levels for thousands of years. But not everything is set in stone. We possess the power to reduce sea-level rise and its impacts over the next century and beyond with our current actions. Some advocate to mitigate the causes, and others to adapt to the consequences. But what do experts say?
- Health
Posted on: 2024-06-24
How fears of parasites drive viral claims for detoxes and cleanses

Removing parasites from the body is a recurring theme in health misinformation on social media. These posts misleadingly suggest that…