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League of Conservation Voters stated on May 18, 2020 in TV ad:

Says Donald Trump has opposed plans to clean up “Toxic chemicals that cause cancer (that) are in the water …. (and) put Wisconsin at risk.”

By Laura Schulte• June 12, 2020

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

Sheldon Whitehouse stated on October 14, 2015 in a news conference:

"In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated."

By Mark Reynolds• October 25, 2015

Sacramento Bee Editorial Board stated on February 06, 2013 in an editorial.:

Says Texas ranks first among the states in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted and toxic chemicals released into water.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 13, 2013

Nancy Pelosi stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement:

“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”

By Miriam Valverde• April 23, 2020

Bob Beckel stated on April 03, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:

"The Koch brothers are one of the biggest polluters in the country."

By Jon Greenberg• April 9, 2014

Harry Reid stated on July 11, 2016 in remarks on the Senate floor:

"(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero."

By Riley Snyder• July 19, 2016

Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech:

To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."

By Amy Sherman• October 22, 2015

Farouk Shami stated on February 08, 2010 in a debate.:

Houston is "the third-most toxic city in the United States of America."

By W. Gardner Selby• February 9, 2010

Free Market Florida stated on March 01, 2011 in a web video.:

Says new EPA water regulations would force the state to make drainage canals every bit as clean as pristine Florida river systems.

By Aaron Sharockman• March 30, 2011

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”

By Loreben Tuquero• March 3, 2023

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

Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in a post:

Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.

By Sara Swann• March 14, 2025

Stephen Kretzmann stated on August 17, 2010 in a website:

Georgia's U.S. senators voted for legislation that would "gut clean air protections and increase oil dependence."

By Eric Stirgus• September 7, 2010

Hank Johnson stated on September 23, 2011 in a web post:

"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."

By Eric Stirgus• October 19, 2011

Mike Ford stated on March 18, 2011 in a letter.:

Says the fluoride Austin is putting in its drinking water is "toxic waste."

By W. Gardner Selby• April 19, 2011

Instagram posts stated on March 31, 2024 in an Instagram post:

ProduceMaxx sprayed on organic produce at grocery stores contains pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and antibiotics.

By Jeff Cercone• April 11, 2024

Richard Durbin stated on April 13, 2021 in a TV interview:

“We have 23% of all the lead pipe leads in America in the Chicagoland area.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• April 18, 2021

Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.:

"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."

By Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011

Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2022 in a post:

"Since 2000, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy have been spraying the entire United States sky with the toxic brew of chemicals and other biologic agents."

By Monique Curet• February 2, 2022

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