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Did Bernie Sanders Support Dumping Nuclear Waste in a 'Poor Latino Community'?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
June 15, 2018 A conservative group's Facebook meme gets some basic facts right but leaves out important context.
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Worn metal container with "RADIOACTIVE" printed across it

Is Trump Administration Reclassifying High-Level Radioactive Waste as Low-Risk?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
June 12, 2019 The administration hasn’t changed the law, only the interpretation of a term in an existing law.
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DONETSK, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 9: A woman cleans out her damaged apartment in the area near a chemical plant which has suffered artillery shellings on February 09, 2015 in Donetsk, Ukraine. A missile exploded overnight on February 8, 2015 near a chemical plant producing weaponry in a northern suburb of Donetsk, causing a large fireball. Four apartments were burned and many others severely damaged. The shelling of the area continued this morning. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

No, a Nuclear Bomb Wasn't Detonated in Ukraine in 2015

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David Mikkelson
Feb. 10, 2015 Nope. A video of a mushroom-cloud explosion at a chemical plant in Donetsk, Ukraine, erroneously ...
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Did President Trump Make It Legal to Dump Coal Mining Waste Into Streams?

Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Feb. 6, 2017 A joint resolution headed for President Trump’s signature would repeal a law that limited mining ...
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Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons with the Budapest Memorandum?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
March 25, 2024 The memorandum was signed by Russia, U.K. and the U.S. and gave Ukraine security assurances.
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Person, Human, Military

Yes, Jimmy Carter Really Did Once Help Contain a Nuclear Meltdown

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Dan MacGuill
Jan. 8, 2022 The more you know ...
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Fukushima "exclusion zone"

Japan to Dump Deadly Fukushima Waste into Pacific Ocean?

Written by:
David Emery
June 27, 2017 The claim that Japan has announced plans to dump 920,000 tons of nuclear waste into the Pacific ...
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The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has called on Russia and Ukraine to set up a “safety and security protection zone” around the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar.

A Protection Zone Around the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant In Ukraine? A Scholar Explains Why That Could Be Crucial

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The Conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 Here, a professor and nuclear safety expert at the University of Southern California explained t ...
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A user on X named Liz Churchill claimed that a video showed Russian President Vladimir Putin was moving nuclear weapons through the country for some sort of major attack.

Video Shows Putin Moving Nukes Through Russia for Impending Attack?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb. 29, 2024 The video was shared just three days after the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Is This a Video of Russian Nukes Moving Toward the Russo-Finnish Border?

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Alex Kasprak
April 10, 2023 Russian disinformation peddlers have yet to solve the "geolocation problem."
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Are Mutated Daisies Growing Near Fukushima?

Written by:
Dan Evon
July 22, 2015 A photograph purportedly shows mutated Shasta daisies growing near the Fukushima nuclear power p ...
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Did 'Russian Media' Post This Video of Russian Nuclear Attack on US?

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Alex Kasprak
March 18, 2024 The three films plagiarized to make this video were not produced in Russia. One of them starred ...
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Were Dasani Products Recalled Due to a 'Clear Parasite'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
April 5, 2016 Reports that Coca-Cola is recalling Dasani water products after a "clear parasite" was found in ...
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Bad Taste

Written by:
David Mikkelson
June 7, 2003 Monica Lewinsky did not proclaim she would be voting Republican because 'the Democrats left a ba ...
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Aborted Babies Incinerated in Oregon Waste-to-Energy Facility

Written by:
David Mikkelson
April 27, 2014 Was medical waste that included human tissue shipped from British Columbia to be incinerated at ...
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Landscape, Nature, Outdoors

Fukushima Nuclear Fallout Map

Written by:
David Mikkelson
March 14, 2011 Rumor: Map issued by Australian Radiation Services shows the expected path of nuclear fallout fr ...
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airplane toilet viewed from above

Do Airplane Toilets Dump Waste While in Flight?

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Alex Kasprak
Dec. 17, 2022 And are we really talking about a constant rain of atmospheric feces?
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Donald Trump's 'Nuclear' Speech

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug. 17, 2016 A rambling, jumbled portion of a Donald Trump speech from July 2016 amused and stunned social me ...
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Iranian Negotiator Discusses Nuclear Deal

Written by:
David Mikkelson
July 10, 2016 A falsely-captioned video supposedly shows the chief Iranian negotiator on television candidly r ...
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Democratic Campaign Bus Dumps Human Waste in Georgia Sewer

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct. 19, 2016 That wacky story about a campaign bus improperly dumping human waste in a Georgia sewer is indee ...
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