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On the recordAugust 3, 2010
What is going to happen to this process so that an evaluation moment by somebody in Government takes place before a chemical gets dispersed into the environment with the nominal word approved attached to it, which I think led a lot of people to believe this stuff is safer than it actually is?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Questioning the evaluation process for chemical approvals in emergencies.

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