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On the recordApril 14, 2011
Isn't it a fact that if they are coming from outside the United States and we drive manufacturing... to other countries like China, India, or Mexico, aren't we, in fact, increasing the likelihood or increasing the amount of mercury that may actually come into these United States?
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Griffith questions the impact of foreign mercury emissions on U.S. pollution levels.

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