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Ocelot II

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2. Mercola is a quack. He's a prominent anti-vaxxer and spreader of covid misinformation,
Sat Mar 15, 2025, 08:11 PM
Mar 15

including a claim that hydrogen peroxide could cure it; claims the HIV virus doesn't cause AIDS, that cell phones cause cancer; claimed the sunscreens he sold on his web site prevent skin cancer while commercial sunscreens cause it; sold tanning beds claiming they would prevent cancer. He's been repeatedly warned about his claims and his products by the FDA. Microplastics might be a problem but I wouldn't rely on anything Mercola says about them or about much of anything else. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Mercola

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