Topic summary
22%9 analyzed articles/videos6,392 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Environmental Health results contain 44 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 7.5% saturation with 2,213 hits. Analysis detected 21,402 faulty-reasoning hits from 29,340 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (14,541 of 16,562 topics). This Environmental Health is better (less manipulative) than 87.80% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.2% percentile
1.7% BS Score9 analyzed articles29.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.0%6.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.5%3.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.7%1.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.5%7.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Indoctrination: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Framing…8%Negativ…18%Unattri…10%Attempt…24%
Journalists Assess Risks of Tick Bites, Wildfire Smoke, Rising Health Costs3%
KFF Health News23%By khnalessandrab1%7/25/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Colorado health officials are tracking toxic algae blooms with warnings of health impacts38%
The Colorado Sun6%By Shannon Mullane7%7/18/2026, 9:42:00 AM
What the 20th-century war on smog tells us about today’s wildfire smoke66%
STAT44%By Rebecca Florsheim0% Neil Vora98% Peter J. Winch0% Connie Hoe0%7/17/2026, 8:48:10 PM
Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here’s how it attacks the body82%
AP News53%By Seth Borenstein0%7/17/2026, 1:02:52 PM
Fishing for DNA – how a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity40%
The Conversation0%By Jenny Whilde0%7/7/2026, 12:14:29 PM
Exposure to everyday chemicals can add up – a toxicologist offers simple steps to reduce your dose13%
The Conversation0%By Brad Reisfeld0%7/6/2026, 12:06:08 PM
Wildfires are reversing America’s progress on ozone pollution, the main ingredient in smog38%
The Conversation0%By Weizhi Deng0% Jun Wang0% Meng Zhou0%6/4/2026, 6:00:02 PM
Harlem Hospital failed to follow its own guidelines before Legionnaires' outbreak0%
Gothamist77%By Joe Hong0%3/23/2026, 10:01:08 AM
‘Lead Contamination: An Old Foe Rises from the Ashes of the Eaton Fire,’ Live With Francois Tissot At Caltech’s Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series91%
L.A. TACO85%By L.A. TACO STAFF0%12/18/2025, 6:34:28 PM