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Everybody is familiar with a situation when something mystical and scary appears in the local newspaper, on radio, or on TV. Within last years, the first place of displaying “hot and shocking news from scientists” became the mighty Internet. Usually such hair-raising news can be found on low-level or free-download websites. These news have terrifying titles like “Scientist claimed 7 things in your fridge that cause cancer!”, or “Immediately get rid of this thing!”. However, title does not call the exact object of possible danger, which causes user to go by link on the other website full of ads. Next is placed short description of an “unexpected discovery”. However, experiment results, citations, or source links are missing. By my personal observations, young people usually disregard this kind of imposed news. Old people are more vulnerable to believe and be afraid of what they have just read.
 The special term for the news with features stated above is “Voodoo Science”. Voodoo science, because it sticks in an uneducated person unproven fears like pins in a voodoo doll.The main method of voodoo science is to stun person with such an unexpected facts, force to believe instantly without demanding any evidences. 
 As an example, here is the claim that plastic bottles that contaminate water inside at freezing temperature. This claim possibly could pop up inside ads on one of free-download websites. …show more content…
"Assessment Of Metal Contaminations Leaching Out From Recycling Plastic Bottles Upon Treatments." Environmental Science And Pollution Research International 17.7 (2010): 1323-1330. MEDLINE. Web. 15 Jan. 2016.

Westerhoff, Paul, et al. "Antimony Leaching From Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Used For Bottled Drinking Water." Water Research 42.(2008): 551-556. ScienceDirect. Web. 17 Jan. 2016.

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