Email claims that a girl developed Syphilis in her mouth after eating semen-contaminated food at an Olive Garden restaurant in West Des Moines, Iowa.
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Health Hoaxes
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Health Hoaxes
Heroin Needles and Snakes in Ball Pits – HIV Needles on Gas-Pump Handles
by Brett M. Christensen July 5, 2007Email warning claims that a child died after being injected with a heroin-filled hypodermic needle left in a McDonald’s ball pit and that another child died in a Burger King ball pit after being bitten by venomous snakes. It also claims that HIV infected needles are being deliberately left under gas-pump handles.
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Health Hoaxes
Mr Clean Magic Erasers Contain Formaldehyde Hoax
by Brett M. Christensen July 21, 2006Email forward warns that Mr Clean Magic Erasers contain formaldehyde and can pose significant health risks to users.
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Health HoaxesHoaxes
AIDS From Contaminated Take Away Food Warning
by Brett M. Christensen April 7, 2006Message claims that a ten-year-old boy was diagnosed with AIDS after eating take-away food contaminated with blood from a cook who already had the illness.
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Email forward warns that answering a cell phone while it is being charged can electrocute the user.
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Circulating message claims that HIV infected blood has been placed in the ketchup dispensers of fast food outlets.
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Bogus WarningsHealth Hoaxes
Spider Under Florida Toilet Seat Hoax
by Brett M. Christensen April 21, 2004Long circulated message claims that people have died after being bitten by a spider hiding under a restaurant toilet seat in Florida.
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Message warns that medically trained criminals are stealing kidneys from living victims to sell on the black market.
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Bogus WarningsHealth HoaxesMisleading
Mobile Phone Medical Equipment Warning – Phone Interference Caused Death Hoax
by Brett M. Christensen August 12, 2003Outline Warning message claims that a four-year-old child died in hospital during a minor operation due to interference from a mobile phone…