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Tom Carper: “We have each year, Ms. McCarthy I am told, 600,000 babies born whose moms have high levels of mercury.”

On the recordJuly 8, 2009
We have each year, Ms. McCarthy I am told, 600,000 babies born whose moms have high levels of mercury.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the public health impact of mercury emissions from power plants.

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