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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 11, 2019
Death is a certainty of life. However, her death was premature and could have been avoided.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Editor's note · Context

Pressley emphasizes the preventable nature of a death related to product use.

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