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On the recordNovember 18, 2019
I am dumbfounded because, like, you know, here is an official Air Force document from 1989 where the Air Force says clearly other chemicals which could conceivably cause acute toxicity problems would be fuels, oil spills, and a triple F firefighting foam.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez expresses confusion over the Department of Defense's disregard for safety recommendations.

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