Are Some Instant Pot Cookers Having Meltdowns?
24 February 2018 Days after a customer's account spread on social media, the company warned about a product defect affecting specific models.
Food
Did a Candy Company Put Out an Edible Pod After the ‘Tide Pod Challenge’ Controversy?
14 February 2018 Mars, Incorporated makes a "Pods" product, but these candies were first manufactured more than a decade before the "Tide Pod Challenge" went viral in 2018.
Are Farmers Injecting Fruits and Vegetables with Oxytocin?
26 January 2018 Reports imply Indian farmers are using oxytocin to boost the size of their fruits or vegetables , but it is unclear how widespread the practice may be.
Did Jamie Oliver Prove McDonald’s Burgers Are Unfit for Human Consumption?
22 January 2018 An outdated controversy about McDonald's use of beef treated with ammonium hydroxide resurfaced on social media in 2018.
Were Cruise Ship Passengers Warned Not to Have Sex with Pizza?
16 January 2018 A crude letter warning passengers on a cruise ship not to "engage in sexual acts" with pizzas was posted as a prank and not as an official message from the cruise line.
Will Eating Too Many Bananas Kill You?
10 May 2015 Eating six or seven bananas at once will not expose you to death from a lethal potassium overdose.
Energy Drink Results in Hole in Expectant Father’s Skull?
13 October 2017 A deleted Facebook post alleged that a man's energy drink consumption caused a brain hemorrhage requiring the surgical removal of part of his skull.
Is Pepsi Contaminated with HIV?
15 July 2011 Rumors that a worker at a Pepsi or Frooti plant contaminated those beverage products by injecting HIV-infected blood into them are old and false.
Can Drinking Cocktails From a Copper Mug Cause Poisoning?
10 August 2017 News articles exaggerate the health risks associated with normal consumption of cocktails such as the popular Moscow mule.
FBI Warning to ‘All Americans’ About Poisoned Produce
19 July 2016 An online article misleadingly suggested that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had warned Americans to be alert of grocery store produce possibly sprayed with poison.
The Origin of Graham Crackers
20 August 2002 Were graham crackers named for a man who believed unhealthy diet led to sexual excess?
Butter vs. Margarine
19 July 2003 Claims about the (un)healthfulness of margarine include the false assertion that the product was originally created to fatten turkeys.