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2025-01-19 00:29:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9B984F283AB5FA94320860A543309BDFE06F50F37F35AAEE722C0DB158458096
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The claim about “spraying the sky” with metals is part of the debunked chemtrails conspiracy theory. The white lines in the sky are actually contrails formed by water vapor from aircraft engines: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-42195511 https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/surveyed-scientists-debunk-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory No evidence of any secret large-scale spraying program: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2101611-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory-gets-put-to-the-ultimate-test/ https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory Detox Claim: https://thewell.northwell.edu/healthy-living-fitness/heavy-metal-detox https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3654245/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327317
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