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Project 2025
What we can VERIFY about Project 2025’s plans for the Head Start program and free school lunches
Project 2025
Verifying what we can about Project 2025, the Head Start program and free school lunches
VERIFY readers asked us if Project 2025 plans on cutting the Head Start program and free school lunch. It’d eliminate Head Start and reduce the free lunch program.
Summer Guide
No, it’s not dangerous to swim within 30 minutes of eating
Eating right before swimming is “not a contributing risk to drowning” and “can be dismissed as a myth,” the American Red Cross says.
Summer Guide
Swimming within 30 minutes of eating is not dangerous
Eating right before swimming is “not a contributing risk to drowning” and “can be dismissed as a myth,” the American Red Cross says.
Recalls
Yes, there is a canned coffee recall in the U.S. due to botulism risk
Nearly 300 canned coffee drinks sold under various names have been recalled nationwide due to potential botulism contamination.
Food
Yes, there is a canned coffee recall in the U.S. due to botulism risk
Snapchill Coffee, a company responsible for manufacturing hundreds of canned coffee drinks in the U.S., voluntarily recalled all of its products over botulism risk.
Health
No, drinking Celsius won't make someone test positive for drugs
Viral posts claim the popular energy drink could cause a positive drug test result. We tested it for ourselves and can VERIFY those claims are false.
Health
Celsius energy drink doesn't cause positive drug test
Viral posts claim the popular energy drink could cause a positive drug test result. We tested it for ourselves and can VERIFY those claims are false.
Food
No, the artificial vanilla flavoring you buy at the store doesn't come from beaver glands
While it’s possible to use beaver gland secretions to make vanilla flavoring, it's an expensive process and not what you'll find in the grocery store.
Food
Decaf coffee not facing U.S. ban by EPA and FDA
Some headlines claim the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration are banning decaffeinated coffee in the U.S. That’s false.
Food
No, there isn’t a proposal to ban decaf coffee in the U.S.
Health advocacy groups are calling on the FDA to ban methylene chloride, a chemical commonly used during the decaffeination process, not decaf coffee itself.
Business
No, Red Lobster's 'endless shrimp' deal is not the main reason the chain went bankrupt
While the restaurant chain did lose money on its permanent endless shrimp deal, it lost much more money due to other factors such as high rent costs and low sales.
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