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On the recordJuly 9, 2024
There are people and organizations and companies responsible for this. DuPont and 3M are two of the largest corporations that were responsible for PFAS dumping in the United States.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York
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Ocasio-Cortez highlights corporate responsibility for environmental pollution.

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