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stated on January 10, 2023 in a TV segment

“The White House is now attempting to ban all gas ovens and burners.”

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stated on January 25, 2022 in Facebook posts

Texas Roadhouse is sending vouchers for a free steak dinner for four to everyone who shares and comments on a Facebook post.

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stated on February 5, 2021 in a Facebook post

Image of expansive pit shows a lithium mine.

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stated on October 26, 2020 in Twitter

"In 2019, Republicans stripped $40 million from the budget for lead pipe replacement - because they thought it helped MKE too much."

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stated on January 28, 2020 in a tweet

Says drinking a bleach solution will prevent you from getting the coronavirus.

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stated on November 20, 2019 in news release

Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI."

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stated on December 4, 2019 in a radio interview

A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."

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stated on April 16, 2018 in a campaign ad

Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."

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stated on February 8, 2018 in a blog post

"ALERT: Massive Easter Egg Recall Leaves MILLIONS Of Children In Danger- THROW THEM AWAY- They WILL Kill Your Kids."

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stated on February 6, 2018 in a TV ad

Says he is "one of America's leading consumer lawyers."

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stated on July 31, 2016 in a web article

"New regulation requires motorcycle owners to install 75 MPH governor by January 2017"

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stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller

"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."

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stated on June 1, 2016 in a news conference

"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."

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stated on April 20, 2016 in a petition on Change.org

Says Sherwin-Williams is "making lead paint and poisoning people around the world."

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stated on April 7, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after Connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior."

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Kathleen Sullivan

stated on April 29, 2015 in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

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stated on April 16, 2015 in testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.

A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

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Donna Nesselbush

stated on March 6, 2015 in a commentary

"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."

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Louise Slaughter

stated on October 9, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC

"Eighty percent of the antibiotics in this country are fed to livestock."

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stated on July 1, 2013 in a House debate

"We have no idea what is contained in [electronic cigarette] vapor."

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Is the titanium dioxide in tampons toxic?

Is the titanium dioxide in tampons toxic?

By Grace Abels • August 12, 2022

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