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#Ukraine
False: "1,000,000 Ukraine soldiers wiped out”
United States and European officials estimate as many as 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died or been injured in the war. We find no basis for a "1 million" estimate. (Source: PolitiFact)
#Health
False: Gender Change Results In Higher Risk Of Suicide
Multiple studies have found the opposite -- gender-affirming surgeries and treatments are associated with lower rates of suicide. An expert in gender-affirming medical care told Lead Stories there was "no evidence" that treatments increase suicidal ideation or suicidal behaviors. (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Sunglasses prevent melanin production, which reduces vitamin D production, increasing the risk of sunburn.
Melanin reduces vitamin D synthesis. Melanin production is stimulated by sunlight hitting cells in the skin. However covering the eyes does not stop this. (Source: Full Fact)
Partly False: Most generic sunscreens on the market contain benzenes which are a cancer-causing agent.
Benzene is cancer-causing. It is not used as an ingredient in sunscreens. While contamination is an ongoing issue, the evidence doesn’t show that most products contain it. One 2021 study found just over a quarter of the sunscreens they tested were contaminated, but most had very small amounts of benzene and did not contain enough to meet the FDA’s recall threshold. (Source: Full Fact)
#Economy
Half-True: “The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
The overall trend line for men’s participation in the labor force has fallen consistently since the end of World War II. However, the participation rate for working-age men — defined by the government as 25 to 54 — has been rising fairly consistently since the worst of the pandemic in 2020. Except for the pandemic period, the rate for working-age men has been largely steady for the past dozen years. (Source: PolitiFact)
False: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted 'Printing money is the only way out of inflation'
The tweet about inflation attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stems from a parody account. (Source: Reuters)
#Nordics
Riktig: Vi har fått over 100 000 flere i jobb siste året bare i privat sektor.
Dette stemmer når privat sektor defineres som differansen mellom samlet sysselsetting og offentlig forvaltning. Tallet sier hverken noe om arbeidsledighet eller hvor de sysselsatte er bosatt. (Source: Faktisk)
#Other
False: All fish in the English Channel belong to the EU.
This is not true. Fishing rights in the Channel, as in all waters surrounding the UK, are managed with a quota system. (Source: Full Fact)
True: Disney+ greenlit a TV show about a teenage girl who gets pregnant after a one-night stand with the devil.
"Pauline" is a real show greenlit by Disney+, and does feature a teenage girl becoming pregnant after having a one-night stand with the devil. (Source: Snopes)
#WTF?! What The Fact?! of the week
False: The Sun is 4800 kilometers from Earth measured by parallax, and 50 kilometers in diameter
The Sun is, on average, 150 million kilometers from Earth and the distance is calculated using trigonometric parallax. The Sun is about 1,4 million kilometers wide, according to NASA and CalTech. (Source: Reuters)
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