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Henry Waxman: “These standards could and should have been adopted years ago, and if industry hadn't said the cleanup couldn't be done…”

On the recordApril 14, 2011
These standards could and should have been adopted years ago, and if industry hadn't said the cleanup couldn't be done, we would have already done it.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California

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Waxman criticizes the industry for delaying mercury cleanup standards.

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