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Cancer patients warned against toxic ‘vitamin B17’ miracle cure
2024年7月29日 · AAP FACTCHECK – Cancer sufferers are being targeted by claims that a substance misleadingly known as “vitamin B17” could be a miracle cure for their illness.
Unhappy feet: Cleansing foot patch claims are toxic tosh
2021年10月1日 · The Verdict. There is no credible evidence to support the video’s claims about the health benefits of detox foot pads. Experts have said there is no basis to the suggestion they can remove toxins from the body, while investigations by Australian and US regulatory authorities have found similar claims about other foot pad products were either false or …
Ancient empire’s link to historic buildings is a delusion
2024年5月3日 · The Verdict. The claim that historic buildings in Sydney and Melbourne were constructed by the long-lost Tartarian empire is false. The timelines of buildings are well documented, even in media reports of the day.
HAARP weather control conspiracy is off in the clouds
2022年8月24日 · A Facebook post claims the HAARP research facility in Alaska can control earth’s weather by vibrating metal particles in the atmosphere with radio waves.. The post, which is the latest in a string of claims regarding supposed geoengineering of our weather, says planes spray suspended metals into the atmosphere before the facility transmits radio waves to “excite” these metals and thus ...
Modern ceremonies claim misleads on Indigenous history
2023年3月28日 · Opponents of Welcome to Country ceremonies have claimed they are a modern creation. This is misleading. While the first contemporary ceremony was performed in the 1970s, the ceremonies have their origins in pre-colonial practices.
Sovereign citizen a deluded victim of legal fantasy
2022年12月29日 · A crime does not need a victim to be considered illegal, despite what “sovereign citizens” are telling Australian police when pulled over for driving offences. In a Facebook video (screenshot here), a man in South Australia is stopped for driving an unregistered vehicle, but refuses to accept police authority.. He cites sovereign citizen theories when refusing to …
Barely a kernel of truth in Pakistan’s Hunza beating cancer with ...
2021年4月26日 · The Statement. A Facebook meme claims that people from Pakistan’s Hunza Valley are the only cancer-free population in the world, putting the remarkable health outcome down to their consumption of apricot seeds.
Australian-US eagle comparison doesn’t fly
2021年11月1日 · What’s the biggest eagle in the world? According to an Australian Facebook post comparing the American bald eagle and the Australian wedge-tailed eagle, the antipodean raptor is “the largest eagle in the world” while its US counterpart is “one of the smallest eagles” and “basically a glorified seagull” that “only eats fish.”. …
Geologist misleads with climate change ‘proof’ claim
2022年11月1日 · The Verdict. The claim that scientists have never been able to prove that human emissions of carbon dioxide drive global warming is misleading. Science does not deal in absolute proof and all scientists do is provide evidence to support a theory.