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Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a video on Facebook:

Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because “chlorine is a poison.”

By Sara Swann• February 28, 2023

Scott Manley stated on January 31, 2021 in TV interview:

“Nobody’s health is at risk right now” from PFAS contamination, as long as they are receiving bottled drinking water

By Laura Schulte• February 19, 2021

Gavin Newsom stated on February 12, 2019 in a State of the State Address:

"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."

By Chris Nichols• February 14, 2019

James Quintero stated on October 10, 2016 in a panel discussion at SXSW Eco:

Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.

By W. Gardner Selby• November 23, 2016

Kris Jordan stated on June 15, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:

"State agencies have not identified one single instance where groundwater has been damaged due to hydraulic fracking."

By Aaron Marshall• July 14, 2011

Basil Seggos stated on September 07, 2016 in a response at a legislative hearing on water quality and contamination:

"No fracking waste is being dumped in New York State"

By Dan Clark• October 1, 2016

Maxine Lipeles stated on February 24, 2019 in a newspaper article:

"All the ponds in Missouri for which we have data are causing groundwater contamination. … This is a statewide issue."

By Kennedy Simone• April 26, 2019

Alexander Strenger stated on October 01, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:

Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2018

Rick Perry stated on December 18, 2011 in a presidential campaign stop in Decorah, Iowa:

Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.

By Sue Owen• February 29, 2012

Beto O'Rourke stated on April 29, 2019 in climate change plan:

"60 million Americans live in a place where the water they drink is unsafe."

By Miriam Valverde• May 7, 2019

Bernie Sanders stated on June 01, 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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on March 06, 2016 in the Democratic debate in Flint:

"We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."

By Linda Qiu• March 7, 2016

Bruce Rauner stated on January 03, 2018 in an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet:

"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."

By Brett Chase• January 16, 2018

Morgan Griffith stated on March 25, 2014 in congressional testimony.:

"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."

By Nancy Madsen• April 14, 2014

Oregon Health Authority stated on April 24, 2013 in a draft report:

Says that in 2007, "Oregon ranked 25th -- or 7th from the bottom -- in percentage of children with untreated decay compared to 32 other states with similar data."

By Janie Har• May 2, 2013

Breitbart stated on December 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Nationwide data reveals surging levels of newest COVID strain in water supply.”

By Madison Czopek• January 8, 2024

Kris Jordan stated on June 15, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:

"Fracturing or horizontally fracturing the shale to open up larger pockets of natural gas ... has been used for over 60 years and, as of 2009, over 80,000 wells have been fracked in Ohio."

By Joe Guillen• July 19, 2011

Clean Water Portland stated on April 08, 2013 in a campaign flier:

Says "If you compare the Portland Metro area to the CDC’s statewide cavity rates ... the Portland Metro area would actually rank as having the 15th lowest cavity rate in the U.S."

By Janie Har• April 20, 2013

Miami-Dade County stated on July 09, 2013 in a county budget document:

Miami-Dade has "the nation’s highest-rated tap water."

By Amy Sherman• July 12, 2013

Viral image stated on August 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

There’s polio in New York City’s tap water.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 17, 2022

Did the Koch brothers run an Alaskan oil refinery into the ground?

By Julie Kliegman• April 21, 2014

Fact-checking Texas fracking, pollution, earthquakes

By W. Gardner Selby• May 18, 2015

On Bob Marshall and light bulbs

By Sean Gorman• February 22, 2012

Murder at the Texas border, California's immigrant influx: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• July 25, 2014

In campaign, Steve Adler promised to resolve recycled-water conflict that was already settling out

By Andra Lim• May 11, 2015

Is it toxic? Why you should be wary of the internet’s ‘scary ingredient’ warnings

By Grace Abels• August 20, 2025

The Ohio train derailment: What we know about health, environmental concerns

By Louis Jacobson, Sara Swann• February 15, 2023

Is Chappelle-Nadal right when she says 'radioactive waste is killing our residents?'

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• November 12, 2017

How low is Gov. Jim Justice’s approval rating in West Virginia?

By Glenn Kittle, Ryan Schmitt• November 8, 2019

Ohio train derailment: How FEMA and other federal agencies are aiding East Palestine

By Sara Swann• February 22, 2023

The best of 2010 from PolitiFact state sites

By Louis Jacobson• December 24, 2010

Anti-abortion advocates turn to the environment: Is mifepristone in wastewater a threat?

By Samantha Putterman• May 31, 2023

Income inequality in Texas, Maxine Waters' secret edge, Obama on D-Day: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• June 2, 2014

How many school shooting incidents has the U.S. had since Sandy Hook? PolitiFact Oregon

By Dana Tims• June 11, 2014

Immigration claims aplenty from Rick Perry, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• July 31, 2014

Fact-checking a video that claims masks ‘ain’t going to do anything for you’

By Tom Kertscher• July 10, 2020

Officials target microplastics. What exactly are they? How do they get into the body?

By Madison Czopek• April 14, 2026

DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines won’t harm you, as Florida surgeon general suggests

By Madison Czopek• January 11, 2024

Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

By Lauren Carroll, C. Eugene Emery Jr., Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• March 7, 2016

Is 'pink slime' safe?

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 12, 2012

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