“Lucky Charms contains an unsafe amount of cleaning compound trisodium phosphate.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 14 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Trisodium phosphate is a food additive approved by the FDA and considered safe to consume. Higher concentrations of TSP are used as a cleaning product, but small quantities do not cause dangerous or acute health effects.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 14 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 31 August 2023, 17 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1044995353537491
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