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Flat-Earth martyr or victim? ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in DIY rocket crash
Flat Earth

Archived 6 years ago from Global News
Flat-Earth martyr or victim? ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in DIY rocket crash

Self-styled daredevil “Mad” Mike Hughes has died after crashing his homemade rocket-balloon into the California desert while supposedly trying to prove that the Earth is flat. It’s not. Nevertheless, Hughes died chasing “proof” of a viral conspiracy theory he championed for years. The 64-year-old …

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Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19 – The Lancet
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Archived 4 years ago
Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19 – The Lancet

We are public health scientists who have closely followed the emergence of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and are deeply concerned about its impact on global health and wellbeing. We have watched as the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China, in …

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Dubious study casts a cloud over water fluoridation anniversary
Fluoridation

Archived 6 years ago from STAT
Dubious study casts a cloud over water fluoridation anniversary

Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 25, 1945, public health officials began an experiment in Grand Rapids, Mich., to prevent the pain, misery, and cost of tooth decay: adjusting the level of fluoride in drinking water. Cavity rates plunged with fluoridation. Today, 211 million Americans have access to …

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Social Media Posts Spread Bogus Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory
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Archived 4 years ago from FactCheck.org
Social Media Posts Spread Bogus Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory

Quick Take Multiple social media posts are spreading a bogus conspiracy theory about the deadly Wuhan virus. The posts falsely claim that the virus has been patented and a vaccine is already available. That’s not true; the patents the posts refer to pertain to different viruses. Full Story  …

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Questionable study casts a cloud over the 75th anniversary of water fluoridation
Fluoridation

Archived 5 years ago from STAT
Questionable study casts a cloud over the 75th anniversary of water fluoridation

Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 25, 1945, public health officials began an experiment in Grand Rapids, Mich., to prevent the pain, misery, and cost of tooth decay: adjusting the level of fluoride in drinking water. Cavity rates plunged with fluoridation. Today, 211 million Americans have access to …

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COMMENTARY || To win the fight against health and wellness bunk, we must leave the post-truth era in the past – Folio
COVID-19

Archived 6 years ago from University of Alberta
COMMENTARY || To win the fight against health and wellness bunk, we must leave the post-truth era in the past – Folio

While pseudoscience and quackery have been around a long time, the 2010s were truly the decade of bunk. The reach and influence of misinformation has intensified to the point that it feels near impossible to find the truth in the churning sea of falsehoods, exaggerated claims and fear mongering. …

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Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here’s what went most viral.
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Archived 6 years ago from NBC News
Social media hosted a lot of fake health news this year. Here’s what went most viral.

A cabal of doctors is hiding the cure for cancer, berries are more effective than vaccines, and eating instant noodles can kill you: These are some of the claims from the internet’s most viral fake health news in 2019. Health misinformation was a big deal this year. Facing pressure from lawmakers, …

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Fluoride Lawsuit May Have Major Implications For Drinking Water Utilities – Water Online
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Archived 1 year ago from FactCheck.org
Fluoride Lawsuit May Have Major Implications For Drinking Water Utilities – Water Online

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de El Tiempo Latino. Update, Nov. 15: On Nov. 14, President-elect Donald Trump announced he was nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. In the waning days of his campaign, former President Donald Trump has …

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Add fluoride to your conspiracy theory list
Fluoridation

Archived 6 years ago from TheRecord.com
Add fluoride to your conspiracy theory list

In Joel Rubinoff’s article regarding the anti-vaxxer movement, he touches upon a number of other broadly spread conspiracy theories. He failed to mention a prominent one that is similar to anti-vaxxing in its damaging effects to society and, more specifically, our children. And it’s also one …

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The flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the globe. Does it hide a darker core?
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Archived 1 year ago from CNN International
The flat-Earth conspiracy is spreading around the globe. Does it hide a darker core?

CNN  —  “I don’t want to be a flat Earther,” David Weiss says, his voice weary as he reflects on his personal awakening. “Would you wake up in the morning and want everyone to think you’re an idiot?” But Weiss is a flat Earther. Ever since he tried and failed to find proof of the Earth’s curve four …

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