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Sheldon Whitehouse: “So a vulnerable person who goes out on a bad air day and experiences no apparent, immediate ill effects, doesn't feel…”

On the recordDecember 16, 2014
So a vulnerable person who goes out on a bad air day and experiences no apparent, immediate ill effects, doesn't feel shortness of breath, doesn't cough, doesn't in any way have a present sense during the bad air day that they have been affected, nevertheless could suffer, could be suffering harm as a result.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Highlighting the long-term health risks of bad air days.

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