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Raul Ruiz: “The evidence for an association between the development of specific respiratory diseases and exposures to combustion…”

On the recordJune 6, 2018
The evidence for an association between the development of specific respiratory diseases and exposures to combustion products was found to be inadequate or insufficient.
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Raul Ruiz
Democratic · California

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Critiquing the VA's claims about the lack of scientific proof linking burn pits to health effects.

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