October 18, 2024 article from Independent.

Five regions of the planet were claimed to hold the key to living past 100. Research by Dr. Saul Newman of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing shows the truth isn’t that simple.

“Newman says that when he looked into the claims about Blue Zones he found a pattern of significant data being routinely ignored if it didn’t fit the desired narrative, and statistical anomalies that could be better explained by administrative errors or cases of pension fraud.”