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Diana DeGette: “But I had a pediatric pulmonologist in Denver tell me that what happens with this oil is it settles in kids' lungs and…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
But I had a pediatric pulmonologist in Denver tell me that what happens with this oil is it settles in kids' lungs and it impairs the development of their lungs and she has even seen kids whose lungs are like the lungs of 80-year-olds, and that is never going to resolve itself.
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Diana DeGette
Democratic · Colorado

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DeGette discusses the severe impact of vaping on children's lung development.

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