Sooo, does that staple of a college dorm room cause cancer thanks to a delicious wax coating? A quick Snopes search says no.
I also saw this:
on the "Wellness Uncovered Health Forum" which is a facebook page that claims:
Another one bites the dust. Then there was the Bill Nye quote:
Oh, that Bill Nye. First bashing creationism and now Todd Akin. Except... this isn't actually a quote from Bill Nye. It's pure fiction from a satirical news site called The Daily Currant. Thanks again Snopes.
... And one last bit of credulousness before I pull my hair out. The just plain crappy photoshop shop of Earth seen from mars. I'll simply send you to Bad Astronomy for that one as Phil Plait does a wonderful job.
The lesson of the day here is: Before you "like" or "share something on facebook at the very least google the damn thing. Just because you agree with it doesn't make it true.
I also saw this:
on the "Wellness Uncovered Health Forum" which is a facebook page that claims:
"This page was created to help spread natural health and wellness knowledge on vaccines, GMOs, diet and nutrition to live a blissful co-existence with nature."Knowledge on vaccines and GMOs? Sounds informative... except its completely anti-both of those things without providing substantive evidence to justify that stance. Probably because there isn't any. It's also anti-Big Pharma as well as Big Farma, but lets get back to the point. The photo has a caption which says:
"Reason umber 4359 to go ORGANIC. Humans are still the only species that completely poison their food, the earth and each other for less crop yield."Giving the misleading impression that the chart shown above, made by research from Firman E. Bear at Rutgers University, supports organic foods as more nutritious than conventional foods. In truth this study was not looking at organic vs. conventional food production at all but rather organic and inorganic soil types and so says nothing about the nutritional value of crops from using organic production methods vs. conventional.
Another one bites the dust. Then there was the Bill Nye quote:
Oh, that Bill Nye. First bashing creationism and now Todd Akin. Except... this isn't actually a quote from Bill Nye. It's pure fiction from a satirical news site called The Daily Currant. Thanks again Snopes.
... And one last bit of credulousness before I pull my hair out. The just plain crappy photoshop shop of Earth seen from mars. I'll simply send you to Bad Astronomy for that one as Phil Plait does a wonderful job.
The lesson of the day here is: Before you "like" or "share something on facebook at the very least google the damn thing. Just because you agree with it doesn't make it true.
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