“Florida's water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office.”
Lindsay Cross
Florida House Representative. a press release. Claim dated 3 Jan 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
Her statement is broad, and there is also no catch-all unit of measurement to determine whether all of Florida's distinct water bodies are dirtier or sicker. But experts mostly agreed with her assessment.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Lindsay Cross (Florida House Representative) made this claim around 3 January 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 February 2023, 51 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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