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“Drinking or using tap water treated with chlorine is dangerous because “chlorine is a poison.”

PolitiFact says: Chlorine is a commonly used chemical to disinfect water. Water with chlorine levels within the legal limit set by the Environmental Protection Agency is safe to drink and for other uses.

“Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”

PolitiFact says: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., signed an October 2021 letter related to requests for automated track inspections. That letter did not explicitly advocate for fewer visual track inspections.

“Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.”

PolitiFact says: A 2018 photo of an electric vehicle charging station powered by a diesel fuel generator was a test by an Australian to see whether it would work for EV drivers in remote areas, but it's not how most EVs are charged.

“US GOV finally admits that Covid started in the Wuhan lab.”

PolitiFact says: New reports show backing for lab leak theory, but government agencies remain divided

“Woody Harrelson’s 60 seconds in the middle of his monologue was cut out of the edits released after the show.”

PolitiFact says: Woody Harrelson’s Feb. 25 monologue, in which he joked about a fictitious movie script that read like COVID-19 pandemic conspiracies, is available in full on NBC’s website, the "SNL" social media accounts and on Peacock.

“In Australia, a “17% increase in heart attack deaths” in the first eight months of 2022 is linked to COVID-19 vaccination.”

PolitiFact says: News outlets reported an increase in deaths due to heart-related disease but they did not link it to the COVID-19 jab. An analysis said delays in medical treatment were likely causes for 2022 non-COVID-19 excess deaths.

“The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.”

PolitiFact says: In 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols. It is still used primarily to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, one of the most widely produced plastics in the world.

“BREAKING Trump preps Marines to stop presidential coup.”

“Joe Biden described America as “the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping.”

“Official govt docs expose Michelle Obama’s 14 year history as a man.”

“Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”

PolitiFact says: The latest FBI count of people killed by rifles is 447, in 2021. The latest tally by the federal Centers for Disease Control of deaths caused by constipation is 207, in 2020.

“Video shows President Joe Biden recalling an alien encounter.”

“Former President Donald Trump “was the 1st president in U.S. history to acknowledge that children are being sold for sex in the U.S.” while President Joe Biden “rescinded Trump’s executive order that helped combat child sex trafficking.”

“Kid Rock tweeted, “Some people wouldn’t recognize tyranny if it slapped a mask on their face, made them stand 6 feet apart, and forced them to take a vaccine for a virus with a 99.8% survival rate.”

“Photos of an apartment building in Kyiv are evidence the war in Ukraine “is fake.”

“Says Elizabeth Warren said, “Allowing Republicans to vote could threaten the integrity of an election.”

“53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020.”

PolitiFact says: The pool of respondents leaned more heavily Republican than the general population. The people who said they would switch their vote were likely already voting for Trump.

“Just weeks before the massive vinyl chloride leak and burn-off that is currently poisoning East Palestine, Ohio, the CDC changed its toxicology report on vinyl chloride on its F.A.Q page for the first time in 17 years.”

PolitiFact says: An updated draft toxicological profile for vinyl chloride was released Feb. 9, 2023, after months of development. Before that, the profile had been updated in 2006 and a supplemental addendum was published in 2016.

“Almost every study now has said with these new boosters, you're more likely to get infected with the bivalent booster.”

PolitiFact says: Experts said DeSantis' conclusion could not be drawn from that study, adding that the research focused on health care employees, who are likelier to be exposed to COVID-19 and more likely to be vaccinated.

“Andrew Tate was released from prison and “proven not guilty.”