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The role of scientific communities in disarming misinformation

Covid vaccines contain microchips. 5G networks control our brains and cause cancer. The moon landing is fake. And, of course, world governments are full of lizard people. We all have heard conspiracy theories. Maybe their absurdities even elicited a chuckle, or we just scoffed at them before ignoring them. But for an increasing number of people, statements only barely less crazy than the ones above may sound credible – causing unnecessary harm, generating risks, and leading to significant political and social turmoil. Think about the reoccurrence of measles in anti-vaccination communities, the spread of the COVID pandemic due to disregard towards security measures, or the violence committed by followers of the Q-anon conspiracy in the United States.

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9th EuChemS Chemistry Congress Dublin

The Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (ICI) is honoured to be organising the 9th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC9), to be held in Dublin, Ireland, from 7th–11th July, 2024. Please refer to our website for further details: EuChemS 2024

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