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The Florida Guidance on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: Origins and Controversy
In October of 2022, the Florida Department of Health, under the guidance of Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, put out a recommendation that males age 18-39…
Proxy climatic and environmental changes of the past 1000 years: Climate Change Denial by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas
“Proxy climatic and environmental changes of the past 1000 years” by Willie Soon and Sallie Baliunas is one of the most notable climate change denial…
Retracted: A critical assessment of extreme events trends in times of global warming: Denial of Extreme Weather Events by Gianluca Alimonti et al.
In January of 2022, The European Physical Journal Plus (EPJ Plus) published a paper by Gianluca Alimonti and colleagues titled “A critical assessment of extreme events trends…
Scrutinizing the Carbon Cycle and CO2 residence time in the atmosphere: Hermann Harde asserts excess CO2 will resolve rapidly
In this paper, Hermann Harde claims that scientists’ understanding of how carbon moves through the atmosphere, plants, and oceans on Earth is incorrect. Furthermore, Harde…
COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults: a risk benefit assessment and ethical analysis of mandate policies at universities
Developing vaccine policy requires that we carefully weigh the risks posed by vaccine to the recipient against its benefits, both to the recipient and to…
RETRACTED: Evidence of Coal-Fly-Ash Toxic Chemical Geoengineering in the Troposphere: Consequences for Public Health
The chemtrail conspiracy theory is the belief that long-lasting contrails, which are condensation trails left by aircraft, are actually plumes of chemical agents being deliberately…
Retracted: A specific amyloid-β protein assembly in the brain impairs memory
Sylvain Lesne et al. The mechanism behind Alzheimer’s disease has been debated for decades, with each new discovery seeming to completely overturn the last. In…
Radiological Impact AssessmentReport Regarding the Discharge of ALPS TreatedWater into the Sea (Fukushima Nuclear Plant)
Discharging doubt: An analysis of TEPCO’s water study and discharge plan at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Discharging treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi…
Retracted: Microbiome and Cancer
“Microbiome analyses of blood and tissues suggest cancer diagnostic approach” is a paper published by first authors Gregory D. Poore and Evguenia Kopylova under Principal…