Claim: Soy food consumption linked to prolonged survival in some breast cancer patients

There is no such thing as magical food. Vegetarian breast cancer victim Linda McCartney is a case in point for this sort of junk science.

2nd December 1972: Paul McCartney and his wife Linda (1941 – 1998), who performed together as Wings after the break-up of the Beatles. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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Claim: E-cigarettes may pose the same or higher risk of stroke severity as tobacco smoke

As stupid as EPA’s claim that breathing outdoor air is more dangerous than smoking.

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Claim: PM2.5 causes 2.7 million premature births per year

Like shooting fish in a barrel. A new study claims about 1-in-5 preterm births is caused by PM2.5. My analysis shows that not one preterm birth, let alone 1-in-5, can be credibly linked with PM2.5.

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Claim: Global warming disappearing oxygen from oceans

Dunno. The Earth is a big place. Lots of ocean coverage. Fifty years covers a lot of space-time. But the data coverage of this study looks pretty sparse.

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