Bone spurs occasionally form at the base of human skulls, but their growth has not been linked to the use of handheld devices

CLAIM
‘Horns’ are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.

SOURCE: Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post

Published: 19 Nov 2019

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Endocannabinoids in human breast milk are important for human development, but not present in cannabis

CLAIM
human breast milk naturally contains the same cannabinoids found in the Cannabis plant

SOURCE: Anonymous, CBDLife

Published: 15 Nov 2019

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Vitamin D has not been shown to be more effective than the flu vaccine at preventing flu

CLAIM
Vitamin D is more effective than [the] flu vaccine

SOURCE: Joseph Mercola, Health Impact News

Published: 08 Nov 2019

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Claim of a coming ice age misrepresents the study it relies on

CLAIM
Scientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark the next ice age.

SOURCE: Stacy Liberatore, Chris Ciaccia, Daily Mail, Fox News

Published: 01 Nov 2019

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Human activities release far more carbon dioxide than volcanoes do

CLAIM
That one little burp by Mt. Etna has already put more than 10,000 times the CO2 into the atmosphere than mankind has in our entire time on the Earth

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook post

Published: 31 Oct 2019

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In spite of evidence to the contrary, Rizza Islam claims that the MMR vaccine is used for depopulation

CLAIM
The World Health Organization is still pushing this [vaccine] depopulation agenda throughout Africa

SOURCE: Rizza Islam, Sway’s Universe

Published: 31 Oct 2019

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Vaccines do not cause autism, diabetes or cancer, contrary to Shiv Chopra’s claim

CLAIM
All these diseases [...] use [sic] to be rare. Autism use [sic] to be 1 in 10,000. Now it’s 1 in 50. Now, where is it all coming from? Vaccines are doing it.

SOURCE: Shiv Chopra, Natural Nana

Published: 30 Oct 2019

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Letter to UN was not signed by 500 scientists or experts on climate science

CLAIM
500 Scientists Write U.N.: ‘There Is No Climate Emergency’.... More than 500 scientists and professionals in climate and related fields have sent a 'European Climate Declaration' to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

SOURCE: Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart

Published: 30 Oct 2019

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Photo meme of Sydney Harbour incorrectly claims no sea level rise has occurred

CLAIM
Unprecedented climate change has caused sea level at Sydney Harbour to rise approximately 0.0 cm over the past 140 years.

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook post

Published: 28 Oct 2019

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Human error in vaccine preparation led to the deaths of two children in Samoa after MMR shot – MMR vaccine itself is safe and effective

CLAIM
Samoa withdraws vaccine protecting against measles, mumps and rubella after two babies die within minutes of receiving the routine shot

SOURCE: Lauren Ferri, Daily Mail

Published: 24 Oct 2019

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