I’m so tired of these fear-mongering headlines about cadmium, arsenic, or lead showing up in everyday products. People act like it’s some sinister conspiracy, when these elements are literally pulled from the earth itself. They’re not being secretly added just to poison us. I saw a story the other day about a woman melting down because she just learned there’s cadmium in her lipstick after using it her whole life.🤭 And Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis made national news acting like she uncovered a plot to harm children because of naturally occurring trace toxins in candy. 😂 At some point we need to stop panicking over things that have always been part of the natural world. Not every trace amount is worth losing sleep over. #FearMongering #NaturalToxins #HeavyMetals #CommonSense #StopThePanic #ScienceNotScare

The report is not peer-reviewed and ignores decades of evidence showing NO link. Real science: Autism is complex—genetics environment. Vaccines are safe. Enjoy the kool-aid. #AutismAwareness #ScienceNotScare

💔 As the father of a severely autistic child, this is insulting and cruel. Spreading half-truths about Tylenol & autism sows panic — and algorithms feast on that fear. 📢 Demand a retraction. Share this if you want facts, not headlines. #AutismAcceptance #ScienceNotScare #ParentsSpeakUp

🦷 For 80 years, fluoride in tap water has cut cavities by 25–35%, but RFK, Jr. calls fluoride a dangerous "industrial waste." 🤔 In reality, you’d need to drink 3 gallons/day for years to hit any level linked to risk. #ScienceNotScare @Dirt_To_Dinner buff.ly/xyqem8D

7/ Anecdotes aren’t data. Peer-reviewed evidence from millions of people shows mRNA vaccines are safe and effective—protecting against severe disease and saving lives. #ScienceNotScare #VaccinesWork

Breaking: Scientists invent a plastic detector… made of plastic. 🧪👏 The HoLDI-MS can find nanoplastics everywhere—air, water, indoors, outdoors. Homeopathic levels ≠ health crisis, but fear sells better than facts. #ScienceNotScare @HankCampbell buff.ly/a0jxZkn

Ketamine headlines tend to exaggerate: miracle or menace. Reality? A 2024 study showed 2/3 of patients had a 50% drop in suicidal thoughts after 3 infusions 🙌. That’s hopeful, but long-term effects are under-researched. #ScienceNotScare @undark @dfallik buff.ly/0OzGpRa

🚨 Nick Hulscher just published a list of “17 ways mRNA vaccines cause cancer.” Let’s walk through each one—and explain why this pseudoscientific mishmash of cherry-picked data, preprints, and fearmongering doesn’t hold up. #ScienceNotScare @IntegralAnswers

GMO in Naija: Fake food or future food? Let’s break down the science, myths & economic truth behind GMOs. #GMOinNaija #Greentruthswithsaadatu #GreenWithMe #ScienceNotScare

🚫 IF YOU CAN'T SWIM YOU SHOULD NOT DIVE IN THE SEA And if you don't have evidence you should not endeavour into topics that require them... I write this post after another 1 or maybe 2 on a similar topic that I already put on SMs because I red with great interest the Editorial of Prof. McCoullough and Prof. Millman of the JACMP. Here is the link: aapm.onlinelibrary.wiley.com… Following I will elaborate in a mildly funny/sarcastic tone on the claim: “103K cancers a year from CT scans!” from the JAMA Int Med simulation study 1. Mathematical Fiction ≠ Medical Fact JAMA article builds a theoretical empire on a hill made of risk coefficients from BEIR VII — a report extrapolated from survivors of the atomic bombs (AGAIN!!!). That’s right: CT dose (10–20 mGy) vs. atomic blast (hundreds of mGy to Gy)... 🙄 2. No Evidence of Actual Harm The study doesn’t document a single actual cancer caused by a CT. It’s a projection — not an observation. It’s like predicting rain because you see clouds… in someone else’s country... 🙄 3. Reverse Causality: A Classic Misdiagnosis Did the CT scan cause the cancer, or was the CT performed because the pt already had cancer or was highly suspected to? Given that over 80% of high-dose scans were performed in cancer patients... 🙄 4. Longevity Bias Part of these patients were seriously ill. Many survived <2 years. Solid tumors typically need 5–40 years to develop from radiation exposure. But sure, blame the CT scan. 🙄 5. Absolute vs. Relative Risk Projected increase in risk per CT scan ~0.1%. Meanwhile, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will get cancer anyway... 🙄 🔬 What We Actually Do Know ✅ CT improves diagnostic accuracy. ✅ CT reduces unnecessary surgeries. ✅ CT decreases mortality in trauma and cancer. ✅ CT leads to better pt outcomes. The benefits are real, measurable, and lifesaving. 📣 Final Word (with just a hint of sarcasm) If we followed the JAMA logic, we’d stop using CT entirely and go back to the good old days of exploratory surgery and guesswork. Because why bother saving lives when you might — possibly, theoretically, if all stars align — induce a malignancy four decades later in someone who may not live past next Tuesday or even next year? Jokes aside, scaring people with no evidence is very bad and should be sanctioned because (and this is a fact) it gets people sick or killed; this is for the media and the headlines. However, also making studies like these (that we have already seen and criticized many times before) and publishing them in clinical journals is IMHO questionable. CT saves lives, thousands, every day. 🧠 We always use and recommend others to use CT wisely. Optimize dose. Get the diagnosis right!!!! Explain clearly. But don’t let algorithmic risk projections hijack clinical reality. #MedicalImaging #CT #Radiology #RiskVsBenefit #CancerScare #ScienceNotScare #DoseMatters #EvidenceBasedMedicine

🚨 A 2017 study found switching from smoking to vaping could PREVENT 6.6 MILLION premature deaths & save 86 MILLION life-years. 🔥 #VapingSavesLives 📖 Read more: thr101.org/post/study-finds-… #TobaccoHarmReduction #THR #ScienceNotScare

🔥 FACT: Cigarettes have 750x more diacetyl than vapes. ❌ MYTH: Vaping causes popcorn lung. 📚 There’s zero evidence of this in real-world use. Debunk the fearmongering 👇 👉 thr101.org/post/popcorn-lung… #ScienceNotScare #THRWorks

BREAKING: CO₂ just called climate’s scapegoat of the century. Turns out this “villain” is actually the planet’s favorite life coach—giving plants the pep talk they need to feed the world. 🌱🍎 CO₂: “I’m just here making photosynthesis happen, supporting every breath you take, and somehow I’m the bad guy? Talk about being framed!” 😂 Next up: blaming sunlight for summer heatwaves? ☀️🔥 #CO2IsNotTheEnemy #PlantPower #ClimateComedy #ScienceNotScare

🎓 Judith Curry – A Scientist with a Spine 🌍 While others bow to groupthink, Professor Judith Curry stands tall. One of the world’s leading climate scientists, she’s not afraid to call it: 🧪 “Climate science has become pseudoscience—driven by politics, not inquiry.” 🔥 Exposes the fake “97% consensus” 🌪 Debunks extreme weather hysteria ⚠️ Warns net zero is a costly illusion ⚛️ Backs real solutions: nuclear, infrastructure, resilience She left academia to stay honest. That’s courage. That’s science. 👏 #JudithCurry #ClimateTruth #NetZeroDelusion #ScienceNotScare 🔗 Read: wattsupwiththat.com/2025/06/…

🚨 The Women’s Environmental Network (@WEN_UK) and Pesticide Action Network (@PAN_UK) just released a junk study that they did—not peer reviewed, of course—claiming tampons are toxic due to glyphosate. But their own data shows levels of an incredibly tiny 0.0004 mg/kg—which is 4,375× lower than the U.S. EPA safety threshold (1.75 mg/kg) and 25× lower than the EU's EFSA threshold (0.5 mg/kg). This isn’t science—it’s fearmongering. These groups are exploiting women’s health anxieties and pushing disinformation, while journalists repeat their claims without even checking the toxicology. And we’ve seen this playbook before: scare the public, then open the floodgates for a wave of tort lawsuits, with activist groups partnering with trial lawyers as a matter of course to profit off public confusion. @CamiDRyan. #GlyphosateFacts #ScienceNotScare #WEN #PesticideActionNetwork #DisinfoAlert #Scicomm #JunkScience #MediaFail #ToxicTruth #WomenAndScience #HealthFacts #FakeHealthClaims #TortReformNow buff.ly/TB2g0Tw

Activists are pushing to ban fluoropolymers—the backbone of medical tech like pacemakers & stents. 📉 No toxicity, no risk—just fear-driven policy. ⚠️ One-size-fits-all bans on PFAS could endanger lives. 🔗 buff.ly/bVvdIxn @jonentine @GeneticLiteracyProject #PFAS #MedicalDevices #ScienceNotScare #Fluoropolymers

🎙️ RFK Jr. isn’t the only one. From MAGA memes to wellness influencers, a bipartisan war on science is fueling distrust in medicine, food, and public health. 🧠 “The real casualty in this culture war is public health.” New #GLPPodcast w/ @camjenglish @DrLizaMD → buff.ly/Sfq43e6 #RFKJr #Disinformation #FDA #CDC #ScienceNotScare

Big Organic™ isn’t fighting hydroponics over 'soil health'—they’re fighting to protect a $120 billion market built on excluding cheaper, cleaner competition. Their certified organic crops often use 600% more chemical inputs per calorie than conventional crops, hidden by anti-science lobbying. This isn’t about sustainability; it’s about protecting profit margins through manufactured purity myths. Real transparency terrifies them because it would reveal that 'organic' often means more chemicals, not fewer. @science2_0 #FoodFraud #Hydroponics #ScienceNotScare buff.ly/5OAhB8D -

'It is clear that @IARCWHO has devolved into an activist-dominated, tort-inspiring global disinformation chemical assessment agency. The weight and urgency of the IARC classifications only matter on products that online quacks, consumer watchdogs, pseudoscience nutrition hawks — and a host of so-called mainstream environmental groups that raise money off of chemophobia with glyphosate tops on their list (@EWG, @NRDC, @OrganicConsumer, @UCSUSA). @JonEntine, @KevinFolta #ScienceNotScare #ToxicityTheater #Disinformation #GlyphosateFacts buff.ly/KIHLz23

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s heartfelt plea for children with autism is commendable, but let's not forget the irony here. 💙 Kennedy has long pushed the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism, a narrative that has scared countless parents away from protecting their children from deadly diseases. His "emotional statement" must be seen in light of the misinformation he's spread. While his sentiment is noble, the reality is stark: under his influence, vaccination rates have dropped, leading to outbreaks of measles and other preventable diseases. This isn't saving kids; it's endangering them. We need leaders who prioritize science over sensationalism. Trump's administration, through Operation Warp Speed, delivered vaccines that have saved millions, not just from COVID but from the resurgence of old threats like polio. Kennedy's rhetoric has not only misinformed but also stigmatized autism, painting it as a tragedy rather than acknowledging the diversity of human experience. True compassion means supporting all children, neurodiverse or not, with facts, not fear. If Kennedy truly believes in saving kids, he should advocate for comprehensive, evidence-based support for autism, not perpetuate myths that harm public health. The real fight for our children's future is against misinformation, for better education, and for policies that genuinely support families. For a clear-eyed view on these issues and more, follow @FinalTelegraph. Let's champion truth and science for the sake of all our children. #ScienceNotScare #ProtectOurKids #Trump2024