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Ed Markey: “Isn't it true that the chemical storage tank in West Virginia that leaked into the Elk River might not have contaminated…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2014
Isn't it true that the chemical storage tank in West Virginia that leaked into the Elk River might not have contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people if the tank had been of a safer design or if the tank had not been placed right next to the drinking water source in the first place?
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey highlights the design flaws of a chemical storage tank in West Virginia.

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