Fact checks about health and safety related topics, including food safety standards
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The Mirror and BBC Radio reported a figure on official maternity ratings without clarifying that it referred to safety specifically. Read
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There is no evidence thousands of girls were injured by an HPV vaccine project or that this led to the Gates Foundation being kicked out of India. Read
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A Times column claimed the NHS in England paid more than double its £3 billion maternity budget in maternity clinical negligence payments. But last year these payments totalled just £1.1 billion. Read
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Former nurse and campaigner Kate Shemirani has wrongly claimed that contaminated drugs are “flooding the UK” and prescription medication is one of the top three causes of death. Read
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A video on Instagram falsely claims that microwave ovens destroy all the nutritional value in food and turn it into a “toxin”. Read
A segment of a 1970s short film warning about the dangers of playing near electrical substations has not been banned. Read
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Study did not show 82% of pregnancies end in miscarriage after Covid vaccination. Read
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A Facebook post made unevidenced claims about blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine. Read
Debate over whether the government scheme caused a rise in infections continues. Read
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Mask wearing is not harmful for most people, apart from rare instances involving tight-fitting N95 respirators. Read
