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On the recordJune 30, 2010
It is absolutely preposterous that workers who are asked to go out to clean up toxic materials are then going home to trailers, toxic trailers loaded with formaldehyde that are not fit for human habitation.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Expressing outrage over the use of toxic trailers for workers involved in cleanup efforts.

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