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Ed Markey: More than 500 drinking and wastewater facilities have replaced their toxic chlorine gas with safer alternatives. Isn't…

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
More than 500 drinking and wastewater facilities have replaced their toxic chlorine gas with safer alternatives. Isn't it true that some chemical substitutions like this can be done quickly and inexpensively?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey points out the successful switch to safer chemical alternatives in facilities.

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