Online posts promote bogus 'home pregnancy test using urine and salt

Social media posts circulating in the Philippines have repeatedly shared the false claim that women can test if they are pregnant by observing how their urine reacts when it is mixed with salt. This claim has no scientific basis, multiple health experts in the archipelago told AFP. They say actual urine test kits can detect the presence of a pregnancy hormone but salt cannot.

Online posts promote bogus 'home pregnancy test using urine and salt

Online posts promote bogus 'home pregnancy test using urine and salt

Online posts promote bogus 'home pregnancy test using urine and salt