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2025-02-24 18:24:20 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8C0ADDA539631EEB8BD5C5582AFE5AEDD73E95E69FA7C1A082A46F54F0EE4523
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This meme perpetuates a debunked conspiracy theory. Contrails are a well-understood atmospheric phenomenon caused by jet exhaust interacting with cold air at high altitudes: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-environment/trail-chemtrail-nonsense https://www.aerosociety.com/news/chemtrails-debunked/ No evidence that pilots or airplanes are manipulating the weather through chemical spraying: https://www.geoengineeringmonitor.org/chemtrails-climate-denialism https://geoengineering.environment.harvard.edu/publications/chemtrails-arent-geoengineering-debate-we-should-be-having-because-they-arent-real https://www.noaa.gov/news/fact-check-debunking-weather-modification-claims https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory
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