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Latest Fact-Checks In Public Health

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Barth Bracy
Barth Bracy
stated on February 3, 2012 a radio interview
The polls "show over half of Americans identify themselves as being pro-life."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2012
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on January 26, 2012 an interview with Michelangelo Signorile on the Sirius satellite radio show “OutQ.”
AIDS was transmitted to humans because "one guy" had sex with "a monkey" and then started "having sex with men."
Pants on Fire!
By Zack McMillin • February 3, 2012
Michael Chippendale
Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum
"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "
False
By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2011 a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
False
By Becky Bowers • December 1, 2011
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on November 10, 2011 a speech on the Senate floor
In Rhode Island, "only 5 percent of ozone pollution is from local or in-state sources. . . Ninety-five percent comes from outside of our borders, particularly the Midwest."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 27, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 17, 2011 an e-mail message
"House Republicans are ramming through legislation ... to classify pizza as a 'vegetable' for the purpose of school lunches." 
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 22, 2011
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on October 30, 2011 an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning"
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • November 3, 2011
Edith Ajello
Edith Ajello
stated on October 14, 2011 commentary piece
"Nearly half of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended."
True
By Lynn Arditi • October 21, 2011
Robert Kraig
Robert Kraig
stated on October 3, 2011 a news release, blog
Wisconsin bill "grants drug companies and medical device manufacturers immunity from injuries and deaths caused by their products."
Mostly True
October 14, 2011
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on October 3, 2011 in campaign literature
Says that "In 2009, I saved ratepayers around $500 million by persuading the Council to pursue a less expensive compliance mechanism if the City is required to treat Bull Run drinking water."
Mostly True
By Janie Har • October 11, 2011
Critics of water fluoridation
Critics of water fluoridation
stated on October 4, 2011 a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments
Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews.
Pants on Fire!
By Becky Bowers • October 6, 2011
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on September 23, 2011 a House floor speech
Says "Every year air pollution protections are delayed, another 34,000 people will die prematurely."
Mostly True
By Charles Pope • October 3, 2011
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando.
Says he "got lobbied" by a woman with late-stage cancer about vaccinating Texas girls against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 23, 2011
Chris McCalla
Chris McCalla
stated on August 1, 2011 Press Release
"An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."
False
By Chris Joyner • September 19, 2011
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on August 23, 2011 a TV ad
Says potential GOP U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supported "Obamacare"
Half-True
August 31, 2011
Nicholas Scutari
Nicholas Scutari
stated on July 27, 2011 in a NJToday interview
"Certainly we're going to be the most restrictive state in the land … in terms of who can get medical marijuana, how it will be prescribed and how it will be achieved in terms of moving it into the marketplace."
True
By Erin O'Neill • August 14, 2011
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 30, 2011 a news release
On repeal of Wisconsin's smoking ban
Full Flop
By James B. Nelson • July 7, 2011
Ian Lang
Ian Lang
stated on May 18, 2011 a state Senate committee hearing
"Rhode Island continues to have the highest rates of substance abuse in the country."
True
By Richard Salit • June 9, 2011
Rob Eissler
Rob Eissler
stated on May 23, 2011 remarks on the House floor
"Obesity kills 34 children per hour."
Pants on Fire!
May 31, 2011
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 9, 2011 a speech
"The health care price tag for childhood obesity in Georgia is $2.4 billion annually and rising."
False
By Eric Stirgus • May 20, 2011
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