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On the recordOctober 3, 2017
You have heard these chemicals now mentioned by my colleagues--alachlor and acetochlor. They are banned in the European Union.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the disparity between U.S. and EU chemical safety regulations.

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