| 1. |
The email/article does not cite a credible medical journal
or scientific study. Although the email or article may seem
to be based on scientific theories, does the “scaremonger”
have the appropriate, scientific evidence to support it? |
| 2. |
You are encouraged to “send this to everyone you know.”
Real health information is not relayed in this manner. |
| 3. |
The email/article contains some type of hook, threat or
request. |
| 4. |
The email/article comes from someone who knows someone else
who has a friend, who’s mother’s best friend knows
another person, etc. Try to determine the source of the email.
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| 5. |
The email/article appears to have links to credible Web
sites, but when you click on the link, you are not taken directly
to the site for more information. |
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(Adapted from vmyths.com, hoaxbusters.ciac.org, and Cosmopolitan
(March 2003))
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