People asking for evidence

This is a live and unedited list of evidence requests coming through our website, not including requests people have chosen to keep private. 

Full moon
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Whats the evidence that the full moon gives you sleepless nights

The full moon led to a reduction in sleep. [...]
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Screenshot of Boots website showing the product and categories under which it is listed
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Boots ladycare

Boots list the Ladycare Magnet under menopause and women's health. I interpret this as a claim that the Ladycare Magnet can benefit the health of women during menopause. [...]
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2817343/Feminist-t-shirts-sweatshop-row.html
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Feminist sweatshirts?

That Feminist T-shirts were made in sweatshirts [...]
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70%

Music helps IVF success

Vibrations from music improves fertilisation success rate of IVF [...]
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Claim that vapour from e-cigarettes makes MRSA bacteria more aggressive

Vapour from e-cigarettes makes antibiotic-resistant bacteria more dangerous. [...]
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NHS poster campaign

A poster campaign by the NHS will change how doctors and nurses treat patients . [...]
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70%

Paleolithic diet

That it is healthier to eat a Paleolithic diet as our ancestors did, because such a diet would better suit our genome. [...]
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100%

No prison sentences for drug users will cut reoffending

People convicted for possession of small amounts of drugs should not be put in prison in order to cut reoffending. [...]
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Badger Cull Evidence

Defra have decided to remove independent scientific oversight of pilot schemes assessing whether culling badgers reduces TB in cows. [...]
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70%

Yakult "is scientifically proven to reach the gut alive".

The strain of bacteria used in yakult (Lactobacillus casei Shirota) "is scientifically proven to reach the gut alive". [...]
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Red Wine Acne Treatment Spot On

Red Wine is an effective treatment for Acne [...]
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daily mail headline
60%

Trendy teaching

This Daily Mail story claimes that trendy teaching methods are inefficient and harmful. I'd like to ask for evidence and find out how robust it is [...]
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Screenshot of Department for Transport press release
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Financial benefit of big, fast tractors

- British Farmers are at a competitive disadvantage to their continental counterparts by current limits on tractor speed and weight - Reduction in tractor journeys allowed by larger tractors and [...]
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London bus
100%

Saving 50,000 tons of CO2 a year?

Using biodiesel made from London's used cooking oil in London buses could save 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. [...]
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Gold-flecked gloves make your skin look younger

A new pair of commercial gloves supposedly contain “minute particles of 24-carat gold that are bound to molecules of hyaluronic acid” that “helps to reduce the appearance of lines and [...]
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Wind Farm
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Wind farms and house prices

Wind farms can knock [...]
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Underpants to protect you from mobile phone radiation

Underpants - with a "mesh of pure silver" incorporated into the material - can "block at least 99.9% of the harmful radiation". [...]
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Eating placenta can "reduce postnatal depression"

Eating placenta can "reduce postnatal depression". [...]
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100%

Ann Summers

When working at Ann Summers I was told to advise customers that the ‘Buzz Fresh Wipes’ were able to prevent infections. [...]
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tablet
100%

Finish Dishwasher Tablets

Finish ‘Power and Pure’ dishwasher tablets now contain "less chemicals", instead cleaning through "active oxygen". [...]
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20%

People who live alone yield more food waste than the average person

people who lived alone threw away 40 per cent more food and drink than the average person [...]
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A starling
100%

Are antidepressants, painkillers and contraceptive pills damaging British wildlife?

Are antidepressants, painkillers and contraceptive pills damaging British wildlife? [...]
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Headline on the Guardian website
80%

Public health benefits of cycling

If 10% of all journeys were made by bicycle (as opposed to the current 2%), the nation would gain “the combined equivalent of more than 1m years of healthy living [...]
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70%

Amber for teething

'Baltic amber' necklaces and bracelets used to treat teething symptoms in babies and toddlers [...]
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80%

Crown Trade - Steracryl antimicrobial paint

The claim made is that: "SteriTouch® liquid additive was incorporated into the base formulation of the paint, demonstrating its versatility and producing a bacterial reduction of 99.9%. Field trials in [...]
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