THREAD 🧵 Videos have circulated online of people dissolving Nurofen tablets in water to reveal black particles that they claim are 'graphene oxide'

Health authorities, scientists and Nurofen's manufacturer told us these home experiments are baseless (1/5) pic.twitter.com/OFotzQ96xU

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In the videos, people film themselves adding Nurofen painkillers to a glass of water and holding a magnet to the side, which attracts a swirl of black particles

"The black on Nurofen tablets that we think is ink is actually graphene oxide," says a woman in one viral clip (3/5) pic.twitter.com/c9YEQSdo7d

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Australian drugs regulator @TGAgovau said black iron oxide in Nurofen tablets was safe for human consumption

Scientists added that graphene oxide particles would have a yellow-brown colour if dispersed in water, not black as seen in the videos https://t.co/fm78c7vts8 (5/5) pic.twitter.com/CBTUEbblR9

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