How to Navigate Internet Rumors

Sometimes it can be difficult to tell fact for the fiction on the internet. These days the internet is just like the wild west used to be wide open anything goes, but fortunately there are websites that allow you to find the truth, then in a fast and easy way before you forward rumors to family and friends. For instance, some of them we found are snopes.com that debunks all source of rumors even the news of the weird, like the false rumor that Gene Cisco, the movie guy wanted to buried with two thumbs up. I don't think so.

Here is another one truthorfiction.com handles e-rumors that mixing vitamin C and shrimp can cause arsenic poisoning. They found no medical proof about that. plasticsmythbusters.org debunks sensational plastic rumors like the warning about microwave of a plastic containing dioxins as you could see from the FDA code, this rumors is completely false. Now once you have the right information, it's a good idea to forward that to family and friends, especially the person who sent you the original email because if it's worrying, it's probably a lot of other people as well.

Now here is some information that we discovered. You might be interested in to see whether it's true or false. First of all do apple seeds contain cyanide? Is that true or false? Well, it turns out it's true but you would have to eat a boat load of them to get sick and it would not be a meal.

Here is another one. The email claim that several lipstick brands contain lead. Is that true or false? Well, thankfully for our woman viewers, it is false.

Here is another one. Tiny chips and products allow companies to monitor your behavior. Is that one true or false? Well, this one is true because some companies do use the information that they get from those devices that on your key chain that you swipe a the grocery store or the gas station to market products.


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