AP’S ASSESSMENT: False.
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Logically→ No, root canals do not kill the tooth
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Root Canal-Treated Tooth’ NOT No. 1 Cause Of Heart Attack
Is a root-canal-treated tooth the No. 1 cause of a heart attack? No, that's not true: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), coronary artery disease is the main cause of heart attacks. The three key risk factor
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Oil Pulling Is NOT Remedy For Root Canal Infections, Cavities
Does oil pulling -- gargling with oil -- serve as a remedy for root canal infections and cavities? No, that's not true: Numerous credible oral health organizations and medical professionals have stated that while there may be benefits to
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Root Canals Do NOT Cause Cancer
Do root canals cause cancer? No, that's not true: An endodontics resident told Lead Stories that root canals do not cause cancer. The American Association of Endodontists says that the 2019 documentary that made this claim is guilty of sp
Logically→ Root canals cause breast cancer.
Claims of root canals causing breast cancer are baseless. No clinical evidence indicates a link between root canals and breast cancer.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No medical evidence that root canals cause cancer
Suggests root canals are linked to breast cancer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Canal Is NOT From Georgia Or The United States — It’s From Belgium
Does a photo show a canal in Riverdale, Georgia? No, that's not true: The canal in the photo is actually the Sart Canal Bridge in Belgium. The same photo can be found on numerous places on the internet, including on Google Maps and Google
Snopes→ Amsterdam Tests out Electric Autonomous Boats on Its Canals
Electric cars, meet your competition. Electric boats are on the way.
AFP Fact Check→ This image was taken in September 2020 — months before Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal
Multiple Facebook posts have shared an aerial image of containers spelling out THANK YOU alongside a claim that trafficked children were rescued from the Ever Given, a container vessel that got stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal for almost one week in Mar
Poynter→ No, trafficked children and dead bodies were not removed from the ship that blocked the Suez Canal
The giant Ever Given container ship that clogged up the Suez Canal for six days isn’t out of the news just yet. After it was freed, Egyptian authorities towed the 1,300-foot ship to Great Bitter Lake, a wider expanse of the canal where authorities w
AFP Fact Check→ This video was taken in Bangladesh in February 2021, weeks before a ship blocked the Suez Canal
Aerial footage showing dozens of ships floating in the sea has been shared tens of thousands of times on Twitter, Facebook and Weibo, alongside a claim it shows vessels waiting to cross Egypt’s Suez Canal after a massive container ship blocked the
The Dispatch→ The Suez Canal Debacle Reveals Less—and More—About ‘Globalization’ Than You Think
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Of Aircraft Carrier In Suez Canal Is NOT Related To The Container Ship Grounded There
Was an aircraft carrier with 38 military jets deployed to the Suez Canal to the scene of the grounded container ship that conspiracy theorists claim was carrying trafficked children and nuclear weapons? No, that's not true: Lead Stories f
Snopes→ Canal Service Provider Says Container Ship in Suez Set Free
The obstruction has created a massive traffic jam in the vital passage, holding up $9 billion each day in global trade and straining supply chains already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic.
Snopes→ New Attempts Planned To Free Huge Vessel Stuck in Suez Canal
A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel.
Snopes→ Did Draining the Paris Canal for First Time in 200 Years Yield ‘Frightening Finds’?
A great headline does not always make for factual — or even interesting — reading.
Snopes→ No, Marwa Elselehdar Is Not Captain of Stuck Suez Canal Ship
Internet trolls put a fake headline on a real story about Elselehdar's accomplishments.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Behind Claims Tying Hillary Clinton, Human Trafficking And Cargo Ship Stuck In Suez Canal
Is a ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, used for human and sex trafficking? Is there a connection between the ship and Hillary Clinton? No, that's not true: There's no publicly available evidence the container
Snopes→ EXPLAINER: What We Know About a Ship Blocking the Suez Canal
A wedged, skyscraper-sized container ship has blocked the entire width of the Suez Canal and created a major traffic jam on one of the world’s most crucial trade routes.
Snopes→ Stuck Ship in Egypt’s Suez Canal Imperils Shipping Worldwide
In a sign of the global turmoil the blockage has caused, the ship's Japanese owner even offered a written apology for the incident as well.
Truth or Fiction?→ Online Conspiracy Theorists Swarm ‘HRC’ Suez Canal Boat Jam
Reports of a container ship creating a traffic jam on the Suez Canal in Egypt quickly became grist for online conspiracy theorists, who spun the story into another smear against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As the BBC reported, the Ever G
Snopes→ Did Cargo Ship ‘Draw’ a Penis Before Getting Stuck in Suez Canal?
Some may classify getting stuck in the Suez Canal as a dick move.
Snopes→ Photo Shows Massive Cargo Ship Stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal
A massive cargo ship has turned sideways in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking traffic in a crucial East-West waterway for global shipping, according to satellite data.
Snopes→ Is This a Large Flock of Flamingos in a Venice Canal?
A massive flamboyance of flamingos was spotted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this isn't it.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Venice in Quarantine’: Did Flamingos Flock to Quiet Canals?
Quirky or uplifting news was in high demand as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, which was likely the reason that a Facebook post (“Venice … in quarantine,” archived here) purportedly showing flamingos in the deserted canals of Venic
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Dog Does NOT Fall Into Canal And Starts To Drown, Until The Group of Dolphins Come To Save Him
Did a dog fall into a Florida canal and almost drown before a dolphin rescued it, as pictured in this story? No, that's not true: The image purportedly of a brown dog riding on the back of a dolphin is from a short film titled "Zeus and Roxann
Snopes→ Is This a Whale in a Venice Canal?
A photograph purportedly showing a large whale swimming through a canal in Venice was digitally manipulated.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – El logo de Nickelodeon fue creado para crear un sentido de nostalgia, no por la isla de Epstein
"El logo del canal de cable de niños Nickelodeon es la Isla pedofila de Epstein”.
FactCheck.org→ Posts Misrepresent Rescue of Crew from Ship Attacked by Houthis
Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi militants damaged a British-owned cargo ship on the Red Sea on Feb. 18 and forced its crew to evacuate. Some social media posts f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Bentonite Clay Concoction Cures Cavities
Can a combination of bentonite clay, calcium carbonate, crushed cloves and kaolin clay help heal cavities? No, that's not true: No reliable scientific studies show bentonite clay can cure cavities, according to the American Dental Associa
Health Feedback→ Robert Malone makes several misleading and unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 vaccines in Judicial Watch interview
REVIEW On 9 September 2023, political activist group Judicial Watch posted a video of an interview with scientist Robert Malone, conducted by the group’s director of investigations Christopher Farrell. The video, which contains several claims abou
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Problems In Specific Teeth Do NOT Harm Other, Specific Body Parts
Can a problem with one tooth cause health issues in another, otherwise unrelated organ as a result of "a link" or "meridian" connecting the two? No, that's not true: This claim derives from an unproven theory that is not backed up by any
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Comfrey Can Heal Damaged Teeth, Gums
Can using the herb comfrey as a mouthwash help heal teeth and gums? No, that's not true: A professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry told Lead Stories that there is no evidence that comfrey can restore damaged gums or teeth. The Mount Sin
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Usnea Lichen Is NOT Proven To Be More Effective Antibiotic Than Doxycycline and Penicillin
Is usnea lichen "scientifically proven" to be stronger than the antibiotics doxycycline and penicillin? No, that's not true: Though research suggests that usnea -- a lichen that grows on trees -- contains antimicrobial properties, these s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Substantive Evidence That Underwire Bras Cause Breast Cancer
Do bras made of unnatural fibers or those that contain underwire cause breast cancer? No, that's not true: Experts agree that there is no substantive or reliable scientific evidence that wearing underwire bras or those made of unnatural f
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Patrick Mahomes Was NOT Suspended By The NFL — It’s A Fake Story That Leads To An Advertisement
Was Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes indefinitely suspended by the NFL? No, that's not true: The claim in a social media post has a "Learn more" link that goes to a fake ESPN page promoting an "off-market supplement." The fa
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Images Of Spacecraft And Structures In Antarctica Are Not Real — Digitally Edited And Misrepresented Pictures
Does a collection of photos shared on social media show "another world" and remnants of a lost civilization or buried spacecraft under the ice of Antarctica? No, that's not true: These photos come from several sources. Some are presented
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence That 90-Day Diet Regimen Will Cure Cancer
Will a fast of water, coffee and tea followed by a diet of only vegetable juice and a ribeye steak cure cancer in 90 days? No, that's not true: Experts told Lead Stories that there is no scientific evidence that this specific regimen will
FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 is Caused by a Virus, Not Snake Venom
SciCheck Digest The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a novel coronavirus, first isolated in January 2020. But a viral video has been spreading a conspiracy theory that the pandemic has actually been a plot to poison people with snake venom.