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stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that "puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2019
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stated on May 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup."
False
By Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2019
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stated on April 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2019
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stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."
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By Samantha Putterman • April 12, 2019
Jesse Kremer
Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 in a legislative hearing:
"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 8, 2017
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 31, 2016 in the Rush Limbaugh Show:
The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican:
"In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
stated on April 15, 2016 in in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt":
"Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 22, 2016
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 in a Facebook video:
"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher:
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher.:
"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015
Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
stated on June 30, 2015 in a Twitter post:
The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.
False
By April Hunt • July 17, 2015
John Stossel
John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":
"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."
False
By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
False
By Julie Kliegman • May 13, 2014
James O'Neil
James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 in an appearance on "10 News Conference.":
"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 in a public forum:
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2011 in remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire:
"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."
False
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011
Paul Broun
Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 in a tweet during the State of the Union address:
Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011
John Loughlin
John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 in a WPRI/Providence Journal debate:
Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010
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