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Ed Markey: Will you promise not to weaken the standard the EPA has set to protect the public's health against the carcinogen…

On the recordOctober 3, 2017
Will you promise not to weaken the standard the EPA has set to protect the public's health against the carcinogen dioxin?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey questions Dourson's commitment to uphold EPA standards on dioxin.

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