Natural News (formerly NewsTarget) is a website for the sale of various dietary supplements, promotion of alternative medicine, controversial nutrition and health claims,[2] and various conspiracy theories,[3] such as "chemtrails", chemophobic claims (including the purported dangers of fluoride in drinking water,[4] anti-perspirants, laundry detergent, monosodium glutamate, aspartame), and purported health problems caused by allegedly "toxic" ingredients in vaccines,[2] including the now-discredited link to autism.[5] It has also spread conspiracy theories about the Zika virus allegedly being spread by genetically modified mosquitoes[6] and purported adverse effects of genetically modified crops, as well as the farming practices associated with and foods derived from them.[7]
