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Chemophobia – When I think about science and health disinformation, there are obvious trends. Of course, they exploit health anxiety, which causes people to react illogically and emotionally, and throw critical thinking out the window. By Andrea Love But they all exploit something even more universal: Nearly all science and health misinformation capitalizes on chemophobia Whether it is the recent “heavy metals in tampons” headlines, discussed here Myths about vaccines containing mercury, discussed here Claims that your Cheerios are contaminated with toxic pesticides, discussed here The Dirty Dozen list and the purported harms of “synthetic pesticides”, here and here Or fluoridated dental products being “toxic,” discussed here…

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