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Search results for "Scientists have long pulled DNA from water and soil"

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Viral image stated on August 09, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“They put” monkeypox in the water in Atlanta.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 15, 2022
Instagram posts stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video:
There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”
By Andy Nguyen• September 7, 2022
Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Chemtrails are being put into the atmosphere and are trickling down into soil and water, becoming “the real cause of disease.”
By Loreben Tuquero• April 27, 2023
Richard Durbin stated on June 25, 2013 in a Senate floor speech:
Recent record-low water levels in Lake Michigan are evidence that global warming is leading to "the evaporation of our Great Lakes."
By Louis Jacobson• June 28, 2013
Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition stated on April 30, 2022 in a seminar.:
“CO2 is not a pollutant.”
By Warren Fiske• May 12, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the new coronavirus vaccines contain toxic ingredients and are more dangerous than getting COVID-19.
By Samantha Putterman• December 18, 2020
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:
In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”
By Loreben Tuquero• March 3, 2023
Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview:
“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water
By Laura Schulte• February 19, 2021
"Watch The Water" stated on April 11, 2022 in a film:
COVID-19 is a synthetic version of “snake venom” that evil forces are spreading through remdesivir, the COVID-19 vaccines and drinking water to “make you a hybrid of Satan.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 19, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:
It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.
By Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025
Hilary Treadwell stated on April 06, 2016 in an interview:
"Rhode Island: 3% bigger at low tide."  
By Jacqueline Tempera• April 10, 2016
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2024 in a post:
Women "store DNA" from all their male sexual partners.
By Grace Abels• January 17, 2024
Facebook posts stated on May 15, 2020 in a blog post:
“Bill Gates Explains That The COVID Vaccine Will Use Experimental Technology And Permanently Alter Your DNA”
By Emily Venezky• May 20, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image:
The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth.
By Andy Nguyen• April 28, 2023
Sharlene Leurig stated on February 09, 2015 in an Austin City Council workshop:
"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
By Andra Lim• May 18, 2015
Patrick Kennedy stated on January 21, 2014 in an interview with MSNBC:
Marijuana today is "genetically modified," with THC levels that "far surpass the marijuana" of the 1970s.
By Steve Contorno• January 24, 2014
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2011 in a fundraising event in San Jose, Calif.:
Says Texas wildfires are linked to climate change.
By Louis Jacobson• September 28, 2011
Tim Pawlenty stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"There's no scientific conclusion that (being gay) is genetic."
By Louis Jacobson• July 13, 2011
Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The moon is a habitable place.”
By Madison Czopek• March 6, 2023
Instagram posts stated on February 17, 2022 in a Instagram post:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has amassed the “largest collection of human data in history” through COVID-19 PCR tests.
By Yacob Reyes• February 23, 2022

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By Louis Jacobson, Sara Swann• February 15, 2023

Winsome Sears makes head-scratching COVID claims during CNN interview

By Warren Fiske• November 30, 2021

DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines won’t harm you, as Florida surgeon general suggests

By Madison Czopek• January 11, 2024

Is Chappelle-Nadal right when she says 'radioactive waste is killing our residents?'

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• November 12, 2017

What is Disease X? How conspiracy theorists hijacked pandemic preparedness

By Sara Swann• August 10, 2023

Fact-checking TV ad’s claims on Golden State Killer case

By Chris Nichols• May 4, 2018

Officials target microplastics. What exactly are they? How do they get into the body?

By Madison Czopek• April 14, 2026

Fact & Fiction: Ending California’s Drought

By Chris Nichols• February 16, 2016

Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim

By Samantha Putterman• November 8, 2024

Florida health officials warn against vaccine boosters. Scientists call it political scaremongering.

By Arthur Allen, Daniel Chang, Sam Whitehead• September 23, 2024

8 facts and 4 unknowns about the coronavirus vaccines

By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2020

Is gel nail polish safe? Answers on UV lights and ‘banned’ chemicals

By Grace Abels• March 2, 2026

What do we know about the relationship between climate change and Hurricane Harvey?

By Manuela Tobias• August 31, 2017

RFK Jr.'s 'chemtrails' probe shows the power conspiracy theories have to shape health policy

By Stephanie Armour• October 20, 2025

Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?

By Daniel Funke• July 29, 2020

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By Grace Abels• August 20, 2025

Anti-abortion advocates turn to the environment: Is mifepristone in wastewater a threat?

By Samantha Putterman• May 31, 2023

What’s in Georgia’s new voting law that lost it the All-Star Game

By Amy Sherman• April 7, 2021

Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test: What it can and can’t tell us

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