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Ed Markey: There are physical harms here, but there are also mental health consequences to this event.

On the recordJuly 8, 2010
There are physical harms here, but there are also mental health consequences to this event.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey discusses the broader impacts of the oil spill beyond physical damage.

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