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“One piece of misinformation that frustrates me”
“Surgery will resolve chronic pelvic pain from endometriosis”
Dr. Allana Munro and PWHR
“A gene mutation can only be carried by women”
Dr. Joanne Kotsopoulos and PWHR
“Everything we put on our skin is absorbed into our body”
Cynthia Dulude
@cynthia.dulude Cette phrase catchy s’est répandue comme une traînée de poudre dans les dernières années dans les croyances populaires et sur les médias sociaux mais qu’en est-il ? #EnsembleContreLaDésinformation @LaSciencedAbord #cosmétiques #peau ♬ son original – Cynthia Dulude
“Rats only eat garbage”
Gaby Guzman of OH-HI Science CoLab
“Canada’s food waste is not possible to avoid”
Simran Purewal of OH-HI Science CoLab
“Speaking two languages will confuse children”
Emma Wharton of Nos enfants afrodescendants en santé
“Physical health and Mental health are separate entities”
Dr. Mahavir Agarwal of CAMH
“You’ll know if you have HPV”
Praxus Health
@praxushealth This #HPVAwarenessWeek, we took to the streets of Toronto to see just how much people know about HPV. 👀 Together with @ScienceUpFirst, we’re cutting through the misinformation and misconceptions around HPV, one myth at a time. There’s a lot of noise out there, so let’s stick to the facts 👇 🦠 Fact: HPV is extremely common. Anyone can get it, regardless of gender. 🎗️ Fact: HPV can cause several types of cancer, including cervical, head and neck, anal and penile cancers. 💉 Fact: HPV vaccination can prevent the vast majority of HPV-related cancers. 🤫 Myth: You’ll know if you have HPV. Fact: HPV often causes no symptoms, so you can have it without knowing. 🚫 Myth: There’s a cure for HPV. FACT: There’s no treatment that clears the virus itself, which is why prevention and screening are so important. So, how many of these did you already know? 👀 #HPV #HPVAwareness #CancerPrevention #HPVVaccine ♬ original sound – Praxus Health
“Carbohydrates always cause weight gain”
Myriam Beaudry
@myriam.beaudry.dtp Pour la journée #EnsembleContreLaDésinformation avec @LaSciencedAbord, on démystifie un mythe tenace concernant les glucides. 🍓 #nutrition #nutritionniste #glucides ♬ son original – Myriam Beaudry, Dt.P, M.Sc.
“Vaccines will overwhelm a tiny baby’s immune system”
Dr. Anne Pham-Huy and Gabrielle White
“I want the original medication, not the generic!”
Dr. Marc-Antoine Tourville and PharmaQueer
“You can’t get lung cancer if you don’t smoke”
Dr. Samir Gupta and thefeedwithdrg
“Humans can become resistant to antibiotics”
Melissa Kozey of the Saskatchewan Science Centre
“Global warming isn’t real because Manitoba has cold winters”
Mike Jensen of the Manitoba Museum
“Defibrillators can’t start a completely stopped heart🫀”
Canada Science and Technology Museum
“There is no gravity in space”
Cassandra Marion of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum
“If an earthworm is divided, both halves grow into new worms”
Renée-Claude Goulet of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
“According to a study…”
Eve Beaudin, Kathleen Couillard, Pascal Lapointe of Le Détecteur de rumeurs
“We know that aliens are real”
Michael Unger and HR MacMillan Space Centre
“You should not exercise during pregnancy”
Dr. Margie Davenport and PWHR
“Someone with endometriosis has to simply live with the pain”
Dr. Paul Yong and PWHR
“Raccoons wash their food”
Nicole Schroeter, UBC Animal Behavior & Cognition Lab
“Hateful & stigmatizing lies about immigration and that immigrants increase crime”
Tim Caulfield
“Alternative and off-label treatments advertised for ALS”
Richard Bedlack and stitchingstrength
“Severe period pain is normal”
Katie Luciani and The Endometriosis Network Canada
“Encountering everyday false and misleading information”
Chloe Kizito and Media Smarts
“AI-generated health information”
Wilson Li, Health Care For Real, and the CFMS
“Pain is just part of life, and kids should learn to tough it out.”
Dr. Alex Neville and Solutions for Kids in Pain
“Getting sick builds the immune system”
Sabina Vohra-Miller and Unambiguous Science
“Giraffe spots provide camouflage against predators”
Dr. Fred Bercovitch of the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation
“The internet promises of injectable peptides”
Dr. Goldis Mitra and Dr. Alaina Aguanno
“Does speaking two languages confuse children?”
Dr. Ripudaman Minhas and punjabikidshealth
“Social media platforms vet their advertisers”
Dr. Robert Neubauer
“Physics is boring”
Samantha Ryan
Why It Matters
Bad info has real consequences
False information about health, climate, and science affects the decisions people make every day. It erodes trust, divides communities, and ultimately costs lives. This is everyone’s problem. So it’s everyone’s fight.