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Latest Fact-Checks In Consumer Safety

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Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on November 20, 2019 in news release:
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
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."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 6, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
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."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2016
Occupational Knowledge International
Occupational Knowledge International
stated on April 20, 2016 in a petition on Change.org:
Says Sherwin-Williams is "making lead paint and poisoning people around the world."  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 26, 2016
Donna Nesselbush
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."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Peter Palumbo
Peter Palumbo
stated on January 22, 2013 in a news release:
Driving with a dog in your lap is dangerous, in part, because it could fly forward in a crash. "An 80-pound dog at only 30 mph packs a 2,400-pound punch."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 30, 2013
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 4, 2012 in a news release:
Barack Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray "is precisely what then-Sen. Obama claimed would be ‘the wrong thing to do.’"
Half-True
By Henry J. Gomez • January 11, 2012
AmeriPAC
AmeriPAC
stated on May 16, 2011 in a fundraising letter:
Compact fluorescent light bulbs are "toxic" and "not environmentally friendly."
Half-True
By Robert Farley • May 24, 2011
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on September 12, 2010 in a campaign video.:
Says gas pumps in different parts of Texas are missing state inspection stickers and/or their inspections are out of date--and that's cheating consumers.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2010
Hank Gilbert
Hank Gilbert
stated on December 14, 2009 in in a press release:
Says a careless attitude and "poor oversight by the Texas Department of Agriculture" led to deaths and illnesses traced to a Texas peanut plant.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2010
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on August 27, 2007 in a forum on cancer organized by Lance Armstrong.:
"Our whole food system in this country...most of it is genetically engineered. And (there is) no testing for the health consequences of this food."
Half-True
By Miranda Blue • September 11, 2007