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On the recordJune 8, 2022
But we don't need asbestos to make chlorine. Most companies and most of the world have moved on to non-asbestos technologies.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey argues that alternatives to asbestos for chlorine production are available.

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