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TexasTowelie

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3. I agree that EtO is relatively low on the list of carcinogenic substances that most people are

Reply to NNadir (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 17, 2021, 11:57 PM

Apr 2021

exposed to in the lab and the production of other chemicals. I suspect that is some other chemical that might be responsible for any increase in the number of cancer deaths near the plant.

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