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Cory Booker: Lead poisoning is not just something that happened in Flint, Michigan; it is happening based upon aged infrastructure…

On the recordFebruary 9, 2016
Lead poisoning is not just something that happened in Flint, Michigan; it is happening based upon aged infrastructure all across our Nation, endangering young people, endangering elderly, endangering health and safety, particularly in poor neighborhoods.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker addresses the nationwide issue of lead poisoning due to aging infrastructure.

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