Center for Disease Control Tackles Urban Folklore
July 27th, 2005
The U.S. Center For Disease Control has put up a page tackling current Urban Legends/Folklore/Mythology [Snopes.com] concerning health issues [cdc.gov].
The among the currently featured hoaxes are:
- report of dioxin carcinogens in plastic bottles and plastic wrap
- people getting stuck by needles in phone booth coin returns, movie theater seats, gas pump handles, and other places
- Contamination of Commercial Ice Machines
- Report Concerning Tainted C0la S0da Products
- Poisonous Perfume Samples in the Mail
- Tampons and Asbestos, Dioxin
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