“Video of Khurshed Batliwala claiming that using the infrared thermometer on the forehead can harm the organs in the head”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
Infrared thermometers are not harmful to the organs in the head. The infrared thermometer will not cause any damage to the organs in the head or in the body because the measurement is done by the absorption and detection of infrared energy radiated by the human body; not vice versa
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 September 2020, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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