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Posted on: March 12, 2020 at 14:23:14 CT

Natural News (formerly NewsTarget, which is now a separate sister site) is a conspiracy theory and fake news website.[2][3] The website sells various dietary supplements, promotes alternative medicine, tendentious nutrition and health claims,[4] fake news,[5][6][7] and espouses various conspiracy theories.[8] These conspiracy theories include chemophobic claims about the purported dangers of "chemtrails",[2] fluoridated drinking water,[9] anti-perspirants, laundry detergent, monosodium glutamate, aspartame, and vaccines.[2][4][10] It has also spread conspiracy theories about the Zika virus allegedly being spread by genetically modified mosquitoes[11] and purported adverse effects of genetically modified crops, as well as the farming practices associated with and foods derived from them.[12]

The site's founder, Michael Allen "Mike" Adams, gained attention after posting a blog entry implying a call for violence against proponents of GMO foods, and then allegedly creating another website with a list of names of alleged supporters. He has been accused of using "pseudoscience to sell his lies".[13] Adams has described vaccines as "medical child abuse".[14]

Characterized as a "conspiracy-minded alternative medicine website", Natural News has approximately 7 million unique visitors per month.[15]