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Rashida Tlaib: “The people in North Carolina who live this, live by this plant, are very sick, and DuPont played a role in poisoning…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
The people in North Carolina who live this, live by this plant, are very sick, and DuPont played a role in poisoning them.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib emphasizes the health crisis caused by DuPont's actions in North Carolina.

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