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Full Fact→ Nutritionist makes errors in listing causes of acid reflux

2023-09-22 A social media video listing the “only four main causes of acid reflux” doesn’t actually list the chief causes. Some listed aren’t causes at all. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence FEMA Emergency Test Will Cause DNA Damage By Activating ‘Nanoparticles Including Graphene Oxide’

2023-09-21 Is there evidence that the next FEMA emergency test will not really be a test but a cover for the government to send high-frequency signals activating "nanoparticles including graphene oxide" into phones, TVs and radios, possibly causing Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Bad breath, headaches and pimples not caused by worm urine

2023-09-19 A video about parasites from the 1990s has resurfaced on social media. But the claims made about worm infection symptoms and blood results aren’t accurate. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: DTaP Vaccine’s Packaging Insert Does NOT Prove Immunization Causes SIDS

2023-09-15 Does an insert included in the packaging for one diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine show a direct link between immunization and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for the Centers for Dis Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ Climate change doesn’t cause hurricanes. But it may increase their frequency and intensity

2023-09-14 CLAIM: Climate change isn’t real because Florida has had 119 hurricanes since 1850. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ A new study doesn’t show Pfizer’s COVID vaccine causes ‘VAIDS’

2023-09-14 AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Go to site post…»

Logically→ HAARP did not cause the floods and wildfires in Greece

2023-09-14 Go to site post…»

Logically→ The floods in Libya were caused by Storm Daniel, not HAARP

2023-09-14 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: UK’s MI6 Did NOT Reveal ‘Weather Weapon’ Used To Cause Wildfires In Hawaii

2023-09-14 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Demo Video And Blue Objects Do NOT Prove A Laser Caused Hawaii’s Maui Fires

2023-09-12 Do an unburned blue car and beach umbrella seen in a social-media video about the August 2023 wildfire that ravaged the town of Lahaina on Hawaii's island of Maui prove that lasers caused the blaze since the color blue can resist lasers? Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter

2023-09-11 Heat was the underlying or contributing cause in about 1,670 U.S. deaths in 2022, provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. That’s a rate of about 5 deaths per million residents, the highest heat-related death rate in at leas Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, an airborne laser (ABL) and other energy weapons did not cause the Maui fires.

2023-09-11 Go to site post…»

Logically→ Study on COVID-19 vaccines misrepresented to claim they cause ‘VAIDS’ in children

2023-09-11 Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, the charred carcass of a dog does not prove the Maui fires were caused by energy weapons

2023-09-08 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Myocarditis Did NOT Cause 850 Deaths In Two Weeks In Monterrey — Increased Deaths Happened During Heat Wave

2023-09-07 Did 850 deaths occur in two weeks in Monterrey, a city in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, that were caused by myocarditis? No, that's not true: The increased number of deaths in Mexico during June 2023 occurred during a heat wave, and i Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Pasteurisation does not cause lactose intolerance

2023-09-04 A video on social media claims pasteurised milk is a cause of lactose intolerance. This isn’t true, and raw unpasteurised milk can make you unwell. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Watermelon Cracks Are NOT Caused By Plant Growth Regulator And Do NOT Cause Cancer, Other Health Issues

2023-09-01 Should cracked watermelon not be eaten because the cracks may be from the plant growth regulator forchlorfenuron, which causes cancer and neurological complications? No, that's not true: The cracks in the flesh of watermelon are caused by Go to site post…»

AllSides→ COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Cause ‘Turbo Cancer’

2023-09-01 https://www.factcheck.org/2023/08/covid-19-vaccines-have-not-been-shown-to-cause-turbo-cancer/ COVID-19 Go to site post…»

FactCheck.org→ COVID-19 Vaccines Have Not Been Shown to Cause ‘Turbo Cancer’

2023-08-31 SciCheck Digest People with cancer are particularly vulnerable to severe disease and death from COVID-19. Vaccines provide needed protection. It has not been shown that COVID-19 vaccines cause or accelerate cancer. Nor does a recent paper about a m Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ CDC data does not show that 99% of COVID-19 deaths were due to other causes

2023-08-30 CLAIM: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 99% of deaths attributed to COVID-19 were actually caused by something else. Go to site post…»

ABC News / AP Fact Check→ No, a meat allergy caused by ticks is not tied to a Gates Foundation-funded program. Here’s why

2023-08-30 CLAIM: Increased incidence of a meat allergy linked to tick spit in the U.S. is connected to a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that involves genetically modifying cattle ticks. Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: World Health Organization Did NOT Say COVID-19 Vaccination Can Cause Multiple Sclerosis

2023-08-30 Did the World Health Organization (WHO) say COVID-19 vaccination can cause multiple sclerosis? No, that's not true: WHO has not stated that COVID-19 vaccination can cause multiple sclerosis or any other serious chronic condition. The glob Go to site post…»

Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Your Policies Caused This’: DeSantis Heckled Trying to Appeal to Black Floridians

2023-08-28 The initial attempt by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to reach out to Black residents in the wake of a racist shooting attack was met with derision and criticism for the contrast to his administration’s prior policies regarding Black history. R Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – World Health Organization did not say COVID-19 vaccines might cause multiple sclerosis

2023-08-28 The World Health Organization said there is "a possible causal relationship" between COVID-19 vaccines and multiple sclerosis. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ Windowless cars in Maui aftermath pictures don’t mean fires were caused by weapon

2023-08-24 People online have also claimed the fires weren’t hot enough to melt glass. Some fires are hot enough to do that, but often the glass shatters from heat. Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, viral clip does not show a plane crash caused by tropical storm Hilary

2023-08-23 Go to site post…»

Logically→ Video of gas station explosion manipulated to suggest blast caused by advanced weapons

2023-08-22 Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ ‘Men’s performance issues’ have more than one cause

2023-08-21 A Facebook video claims erectile dysfunction is only caused by blood flow issues. But sexual issues can have many different causes. Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ ‘Men’s performance issues’ have more than one cause

2023-08-21 A Facebook video claims erectile dysfunction is only caused by blood flow issues. But sexual issues can have many different causes. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Kamala Harris claims climate change caused deadly Maui wildfires

2023-08-21 https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-climate-change-caused-deadly-maui-wildfires While on Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No evidence direct energy weapons caused Maui wildfires

2023-08-18 "Hawaii is being attacked by direct energy weapons." Go to site post…»

Logically→ Obamas and other celebrities’ estates and mansions survived the Maui fires not because they were directed

2023-08-18 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Explosion Was NOT Caused By Laser From Sky — A Transformer Blew In Macul, Chile

2023-08-16 Does a video show a laser beam from the sky, or a Directed Energy Weapon (DEW), cause an explosion in a city, or spark the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii? No, that's not true: This viral video predates the August 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. It sh Go to site post…»

Full Fact→ No evidence directed energy weapons caused fires in Hawaii and California

2023-08-16 Baseless claims about deliberately-started fires have been shared widely online. Go to site post…»

AllSides→ Fact checking a bizarre claim that government ‘direct energy weapons’ caused the Maui fires

2023-08-15 https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2023/what-started-maui-hawaii-fires-2023-direct-energy-weapons-conspiracy/ Go to site post…»

PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Sometimes trees stay standing after wildfires. That’s because of how the fire typically spreads

2023-08-15 “Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.” Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, vaccines did not cause autism in Vietnam

2023-08-15 Go to site post…»

Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Hawaii Wildfires Caused By ‘Direct Energy Weapon Assault’

2023-08-14 Was the deadly wildfire that began the evening of August 8, 2023, on the Hawaiian island of Maui caused by a "direct energy weapon assault"? No, that's not true: There's no evidence to support that assertion. Instead, natural factors, not Go to site post…»

Health Feedback→ Why Alex Jones’ claim on Infowars that COVID-19 vaccines cause meat allergy is baseless

2023-08-11 REVIEW In a video from August 2023, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and InfoWars employee Rob Dew claimed that the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines contain a bovine protein called alpha-gal that “creates an autoimmune response in those Go to site post…»

Logically→ No, there is no lack of scientific proof that carbon dioxide causes global warming

2023-08-11 Go to site post…»

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