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On the recordDecember 1, 2009
The use of chemicals in this country either saves, or in many cases improves the quality of not just thousands of lives, but tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of lives every day, even more than that.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper emphasizes the positive impact of chemicals on public health.

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