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Gerald Ford: “We must improve our understanding of the effects of pollutants and of the means and costs of reducing pollution.”

On the recordFebruary 26, 1976
We must improve our understanding of the effects of pollutants and of the means and costs of reducing pollution.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report of the Council on Environmental Quality

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