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JD Vance
stated on January 12, 2025 in a Fox News interview:

“Some of these (California) reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years."

By Caleb McCullough • January 17, 2025

More Perfect Union
stated on January 8, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“One billionaire couple owns almost all the water in California."

By Caleb McCullough • January 14, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast:

Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.

By Grace Abels, Jill Terreri Ramos, Luiz Romero • June 28, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on June 3, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Boiling tap water causes fluoride in the water to be “more toxic.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 6, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“The best type” of drinking water is H3O2, from fruits, “a more structured form of water.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2023

TikTok posts
stated on April 20, 2023 in a TikTok post:

The World Economic Forum and the United Nations have “ordered world governments to ration people’s water supply.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 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

Instagram posts
stated on January 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“NASA stopped exploring the ocean.”

By Tom Kertscher • January 30, 2023

Lindsay Cross
stated on January 3, 2023 in a press release:

"Florida's water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office."

By Yacob Reyes • January 13, 2023

Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2022 in a speech:

"They say the ocean will rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 200 to 300 years."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in a post:

"$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."

By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video:

There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 7, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.

By Madison Czopek • July 19, 2022

Instagram posts
stated on October 15, 2021 in a post:

Two forms of fluoride in our drinking water “are so toxic that the CDC clearly labels these chemicals extremely toxic in both animals and humans."

By Monique Curet • October 21, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Two photos show climate change “is a hoax.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 2021

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

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

Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Starting Jan. 1 California residents can’t take shower, do laundry, poop in toilet and flush on same day."

By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2020

Lena Taylor
stated on November 20, 2019 in news release:

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

By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2020

Tucker Carlson
stated on December 15, 2019 in an interview with the Atlantic:

Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."

By Bill McCarthy • December 18, 2019

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