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stated on February 25, 2025 a post:

Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.

By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025

Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 White House press briefing:

The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 30, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 a Facebook post:

"McDonalds chicken nuggets contain silicone oil."

By Maria Briceño • November 22, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on May 29, 2024 an Instagram post:

Bragg’s apple cider vinegar uses Bill Gates’ ‘Apeel’ apples, which harm the body.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 20, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on November 18, 2024 an Instagram post:

"McDonald’s offered 850 million to RFK for hush money” related to its frying oil.

By Jeff Cercone • November 19, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on September 29, 2024 Instagram posts:

Video shows “FBI finds human remains at a McDonald’s meat supplier.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 2, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on September 17, 2024 an Instagram post:

CDC warns a third of adults may die from dangerous bacteria in ramen noodles.

By Jeff Cercone • September 18, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2024 a Facebook post:

Patron, Don Julio and Pink Whitney tequila recalled because they contained fecal matter.

By Jeff Cercone • September 13, 2024

X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 an X post:

Nine Americans died from a listeria outbreak after Boar’s Head brand meat prioritized hiring “refugees” in Virginia.

By Sofia Ahmed • September 3, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on April 9, 2024 a video:

Morton Salt and other plain and iodized table salts contain 25% sand and 25% glass that cut up “your arterial and venous network and that’s how you get high blood pressure.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • April 22, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on March 31, 2024 an Instagram post:

ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.

By Jeff Cercone • April 11, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2024 a Facebook post:

Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 11, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2024 una publicación en Facebook:

"El Comité Central Chino para la Calidad de los Alimentos ha anunciado la prohibición de la venta de Coca-Cola para consumo humano en todo el país".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • February 6, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2023 a Facebook post:

Tyson Foods may put insect protein in your chicken nuggets.

By Jeff Cercone • December 14, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2023 en una publicación en Facebook:

"La industria alimentaria quiere que comas” lechuga de plástico sintético sin nutrición y lleno de contaminantes.

By Maria Briceño • November 28, 2023

Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 an X post:

Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.

By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on October 3, 2023 an Instagram post:

“FDA wants to replace salt with Bill Gates’ new mRNA fake salt.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 5, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on August 6, 2023 a Facebook video:

Video shows magnetic meat for sale in U.S. grocery stores.

By Sara Swann • October 4, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2023 a Reel:

Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.

By Grace Abels • August 25, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2023 a post:

“Goldfish crackers contain a dangerously high amount of weed killer.”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 10, 2023

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