On June 5438- 10, 2003, The World's Top Ten Junk Foods (List) published by the World Health Organization was reprinted on food websites such as Huaxia Jingwei. Com and Bio-Valley, as well as mainstream portals such as Sohu and Sina, including convenience foods, call them "containing preservatives and flavors, only calories, but no nutrition". This view confirms the public's cognition of instant noodles and has been deeply rooted in people's hearts since then.

On September 29th, 2004, "China Food Science and Technology Network" invited relevant professors to refute rumors and introduce the nutritional components of instant noodles for the first time. However, similar popular science propaganda has little impact and still cannot reverse the stereotype of instant noodles. 20 10 1 1 There is even an escalation rumor of "eating a bowl of instant noodles for 32 days to detoxify and nourish the liver", which is a similar negative statement against instant noodles.

On September 9th, 20 16, the "convenient food rumor conference" sponsored by China Food Rumor Alliance and China Food Science and Technology Research Institute was held in Beijing. On-site experts interpret the rumors of instant noodles that have plagued consumers for a long time and lasted for a long time one by one, and major news media also "correct their names" for instant noodles.

Poisoning caused by watermelon injection?

In the summer of 20 16, it was the hot season of watermelon, and a message that "as long as there are yellow and white tendons in the pulp of watermelon, it means that this watermelon has been injected" went viral on major social platforms.

In fact, this rumor appeared as early as 20 12, and it will revive every time watermelon sells well. On April 9, 20 15, the official account of WeChat posted "Don't eat this watermelon, it has poisoned 12 people ...", and today's headline "Wang Qi nutritionist" posted "Watermelon poisoning incident" on June 27, 20 16, telling family members not to eat watermelon by injection! ",WeChat WeChat official account" Parenting Recipes "20 16 10 10 released on October 22," These fruits have been tampered with, don't buy them for children! 》。

In this regard, the People's Daily, Ningbo Daily and other media have told the public through experiments that it is unprofitable and unworkable to give watermelon injections.

Persimmon yogurt killed you?

Since 2065438+September 2006, it has been circulated on the Internet that "children at home should pay attention: it is the season when persimmons are on the market ... a real thing just happened today: a little girl ate persimmons and drank yogurt, and died of poisoning in less than half an hour!"

In fact, this news has no details such as the time, place and person of the incident. Searching online with "persimmon+yogurt" as the key word, there has been no public poisoning or death caused by eating persimmon yogurt recently.

It is understood that the saying that persimmons are poisoned together with yogurt and crabs appeared as early as 20 12. Chutian Evening News, Baotou Evening News and other media interviewed relevant experts on this statement, and all experts said that they had never heard of this statement.

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Straight cucumber sprayed with medicine?

"Straight cucumbers are sprayed with medicine, and curved cucumbers are natural." "Cucumber is curved, leek is short." Whenever cucumbers are hot, such a statement is madly transmitted on social platforms. Similar rumors reappeared on 20 16. Wechat official account "Kangnian" published "These things are not food, but poison" on September 7, and "Small Horn Promotion Platform" and "Leshan Real Estate Information" also published the same articles on September 14 and September 18 respectively.

It is understood that the statement that "straight cucumber was sprayed with medicine" was on the list of online rumors on 20 15, and well-known media such as the World Wide Web, People's Daily Online and Xinhuanet repeatedly denied the rumors.

Houttuynia cordata is carcinogenic?

On June 12, "Hippocrates Disciple" published a long microblog "Houttuynia cordata Thunb and Aristolochia Nephropathy", saying that Houttuynia cordata Thunb may induce nephropathy and cause cancer because it contains Aristolochia lactam, which triggered a hot discussion among netizens.

In fact, the argument that Houttuynia cordata Thunb. induces nephropathy and causes cancer stems from the statement in 20 14 by popular science writer Fang that eating Houttuynia cordata Thunb. frequently will lead to renal failure.

On June 2065438, China Food Rumors Forum, China Food Rumors Alliance released three major food rumors. The statement that Houttuynia cordata can cause kidney disease and kidney cancer circulated on the Internet was judged by experts as imprecise in logical deduction and prudent in conclusion.

Pork hookworm "cooked but not rotten"?

From 2065438 to September 2003, in Longsheng, Guangxi, a saying that "hookworms in pork don't rot in water, don't cook in oil, and can't be killed at high temperature" caught fire. In the following years, a number of rumors of derivatives and variants appeared one after another, involving Guangdong, Jiangsu, Liaoning and Sichuan. For example, WeChat WeChat official account "Sishun. com" 20 14 10 released "There is a large area of hookworm in pork in various regions! Pork has been banned in many areas! ! ","Taocun Bangbangle "was released on May 3, 20051,"Pay attention to buying meat, Weihai market has appeared, try to reduce eating pork! " Those things in Shanwei "2065438+released on September 28, 2006, a woman in Shanwei bought a piece of pork and found it was such a thing after cutting it open."

In response to this rumor, the local media in Guangxi denied that "Hookworm in Pork" was false information on 20 13, and Guangxi Daily published a rumor in its official Weibo. 2065438+At the beginning of June 2006, the State Administration responded to this rumor, and many media such as People's Daily Online and Xinhuanet published rumors.

At the 20 16 China food rumor forum held on June 27th, 20 16, China food rumor alliance released three major food rumors, among which the so-called "pork hookworm" was proved to be false.

SB250 virus "72 change"

20 16 in March, two netizens in Yunnan province spread rumors on the internet, saying: "At 2: 021minute yesterday morning, a woman was infected with SB250 virus (variants include sk5 and H7N9, etc.). ) died at 2 1. The doctors involved in the rescue have been quarantined. It is reported that this woman bought grass carp in the market, cooked pickled fish and was sent to hospital. CCTV news has been broadcast.

Since then, various versions of the rumor have been widely spread on social platforms, and the main content is roughly the same, but the time, place and name have been changed.

So far, similar rumors have appeared in Yunnan, Shanghai, Fujian, Qinghai and other parts of the country. Local food and drug supervision, health, public security and other departments have joined forces with the media to dispel rumors, and many rumors and rumors have been punished, but the spread of similar rumors is still on the rise.

White eggs are more nutritious?

Before 2005, it was popular in society that "red preserved eggs were born by chickens, so red preserved eggs are more nutritious than white preserved eggs". In response to this statement, CCTV Health Channel refuted this rumor in a program called "Learn to Eat Eggs" on September 13, 2006, saying that there is almost no difference in nutrition between different eggshells.

In the following years, the rumor debate about the difference between eggshell types and nutrition spread widely throughout the country with the network. During this period, China Food Science and Technology Network, Xinhua News Agency, Hunan Online and other media have published articles to refute popular science rumors, but there are still a large number of netizens asking questions on Baidu's answering platforms such as knowing and asking knowledge. This rumor even reached 20 1096 with a search volume of 14.

Microwave ovens cause cancer?

On April 23, 2002, Life Times published a rumor message "Don't ignore the harm of microwave ovens", because a few reprints did not form a hot topic of public opinion. On September 17, 2003, China Youth Daily published a compiled article entitled "Microwave food does more harm than good and is extremely harmful to health", and put forward the extreme view that microwave food is harmful to health and even carcinogenic. The author's title was also exaggerated by the translator and reprinted by many media, which triggered public doubts about the safety of microwave food heating.

On September 28th of that year, Fang Fang, a popular science writer, made a voice through Sohu Technology, and refuted this article for the first time. 65438+February 1 Xinhuanet Tianjin Channel invited relevant government personnel and experts to make a special website about microwave oven knowledge, which dispelled rumors in all directions. In the same year, sohu finance characterized this matter as a public opinion business war against domestic microwave oven enterprises.

20/kloc-in February, 2003, rumors such as "Please stop using the microwave oven" and "The amazing secret that the microwave oven manufacturer won't tell even after killing" went viral on social platforms. In response to this statement, in April of 20 13, China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute and the National Center for Food Quality Supervision and Inspection held a press conference on the research results of "the influence of microwave cooking on food safety and nutrition", which refuted the theory of microwave harm.

20 14 in may, faced with the false claim that "microwave ovens cause cancer" after repeated rumors, CCTV's "Focus Interview" column responded to this matter on May 20 14 and 12, proving that the theory of microwave ovens is not true, and exposed the official account of WeChat, the initiator of this rumor, such as "Natural Medical Health".

20 16, 10 In June, an article "Please stop using the microwave oven immediately" was widely forwarded on the Internet again. This article claims to be reprinted from People's Daily, but it doesn't mention any basic information such as the original publication date and layout. The writing format is quite different from the traditional news writing mode.

It is understood that People's Daily has never published any article about "stopping using microwave ovens". Four years ago, it published an article refuting the statement that "microwave ovens cause cancer".

Can drinking milk cause cancer?

June 5438+February 65438+February 2003, Campbell, an American nutrition professor, put forward the view that drinking a lot of milk and eating too much animal protein in Shanghai will "promote" cancer cells with high protein. On June 3, 2004, Nanfang Daily published a report that a British professor believed that dairy products were a catalyst for human carcinogenesis. In the following years, a large number of foreign articles on the harm of milk to human body were widely reprinted on Sina blog, Baidu Post Bar and various community forums, and even spread on websites such as "Bio Valley" and "Health Online".

In response to this statement, Life Times interviewed Professor Campbell and domestic experts by telephone on June 5438+February 65438+February 09, 2006, and denied for the first time that the "milk carcinogenesis theory" belongs to the study of alcohol consumption and western dietary structure. On March 23rd, 2007, the website of the Ministry of Health published a signed article entitled "Health Education Should Respect Science and Facts-Refuting the Harmfulness of Milk" written by authoritative experts in China 15. On May 30th, 3 1, People's Daily published a full page of rumors and knowledge about milk health.

Today, the saying that "milk causes cancer" on major social platforms is still confusing people. The article "Milk sends human beings to the grave of cancer", which was madly circulated in the circle of friends, once pushed the safety of milk to the cusp of public opinion.