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False: Drinking cold water when it is hot outside can send one's body into shock.
Climate-Events Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: Drinking cold water when it is hot outside can send one's body into shock.
False: Giving dogs ice cubes to ward off the effects of extreme heat is dangerous.
Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: Giving dogs ice cubes to ward off the effects of extreme heat is dangerous.
False: A cure for cancer was found over 40 years ago by Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski.
Health-General Conspiracies-General

False: A cure for cancer was found over 40 years ago by Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski.
False: Plan B drugs can cause abortion or miscarriage.
Health-General Human Rights-General Politics-Policy

False: Plan B drugs can cause abortion or miscarriage.
False: Planned Parenthood is closing down its clinics across the U.S. in June 2022.
Health-General Politics-Policy

False: Planned Parenthood is closing down its clinics across the U.S. in June 2022.
False: Cow urine or "go-mutra" has been proven to be an anti-cancer medicine.
Health-General

False: Cow urine or "go-mutra" has been proven to be an anti-cancer medicine.
False: The lack of proper health checkups for immigrants upon arrival in the U.K. has resulted in the poliovirus resurfacing in the country.
Health-General Human Rights-Race Politics-General

False: The lack of proper health checkups for immigrants upon arrival in the U.K. has resulted in the poliovirus resurfacing in the country.
False: The current monkeypox outbreak appears to be a lab strain with unknown characteristics that likely originated in a U.S. bioweapons laboratory in Ukraine.
Health-General Geopolitical-General Tech-General

False: The current monkeypox outbreak appears to be a lab strain with unknown characteristics that likely originated in a U.S. bioweapons laboratory in Ukraine.
Partly_True: Oklahoma democrat proposes a bill that mandates vasectomy for males when they reach puberty.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Partly_True: Oklahoma democrat proposes a bill that mandates vasectomy for males when they reach puberty.
False: Cases of paralysis from the polio outbreak in the early 20th century were caused by the insecticide DDT.
Health-General

False: Cases of paralysis from the polio outbreak in the early 20th century were caused by the insecticide DDT.
False: Monkeypox came about as a side effect of the polio vaccine, which was first injected into monkeys in Denmark in 1958.
Health-General Health-Vaccines

False: Monkeypox came about as a side effect of the polio vaccine, which was first injected into monkeys in Denmark in 1958.
False: Ninety-nine percent of cancers are caused by parabens found in cosmetics.
Health-General

False: Ninety-nine percent of cancers are caused by parabens found in cosmetics.
False: The polio vaccine does not protect against poliovirus as new cases of polio are "vaccine-derived."
Health-General Health-Vaccines

False: The polio vaccine does not protect against poliovirus as new cases of polio are "vaccine-derived."
Johnson & Johnson sunscreen products cause leukemia.
Economics-Business Health-General

Johnson & Johnson sunscreen products cause leukemia.
False: The monkeypox pathogen originated in U.S.-funded biolabs in Nigeria.
Health-General Geopolitical-General Tech-General

False: The monkeypox pathogen originated in U.S.-funded biolabs in Nigeria.
Misleading: Our drinking water contains fluoride, which is as harmful as rat poison.
Health-General Conspiracies-General

Misleading: Our drinking water contains fluoride, which is as harmful as rat poison.
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