Cadbury Chocolate Eggs Are Infected With HIV-Positive Blood-Fiction! False rumors that Cadbury products are infected with HIV are the latest in a long list of false claims about various foods and drinks being contaminated.
Deadly Klebsiella Plague from China Poses Public Health Threat to U.S.-Mostly Fiction! New drug-resistant, hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae are real and very dangerous — but those threats have been taken out of context by scammers trying to sell cures that don't appear to exist.
Given 18 Months to Live, Man Cures Brain Cancer With Cannabis Oil-Fiction! A man given 18 months to live said that he used cannabis oil to treat cancer, but he died of cancer a year later and there's no proof that cannabis can treat cancer.
Sen. John McCain Votes to End Cancer Treatments for Medicare Beneficiaries -Mostly Fiction! Claims that John McCain votes to end cancer treatments for Medicare beneficiaries aren't true — but McCain did vote for a GOP tax reform bill that could lead to deep mandatory Medicare cuts.
Canada Euthanasia Law Allows Parents to Kill Sick Children-Fiction! False claims that Canada euthanasia law allows parents to kill children went viral in November 2017.
Dow Chemical Paid Trump $1M to OK Chlorpyrifos Chemicals Despite Neurological Side Effects-Truth! & Disputed! The EPA reversed an Obama-era decision to ban all tolerances of the chemical chlorpyrifos — but there's no indication Trump was paid to so.
Solar Eclipse August 2017: Solar Eclipse Glasses-Scam! Some vendors of eclipse glasses made false claims about the safety benefits of their products in the lead up to the total solar eclipse in August 2017.
CLA Safflower Oil Leads to Weight Loss, Less Belly Fat-Unproven! Scientific data casts serious doubt on claims that CLA safflower oil promotes weight loss and helps break down belly fat.
Feces Found in Starbucks Iced Coffee Drinks-Truth! & Misleading! It's true that fecal bacteria was found in Starbucks drinks in July 2017 — but that's not unusual, and there wasn't any cause for concern.
Mitch McConnell Had Polio, Government Healthcare Saved His Life-Fiction! Mitch McConnell had polio as a boy, but his treatments were funded by the March of Dines, not free government healthcare, as has been reported.
