Don Beyer: “A second article today from the Washington Post that mothers…”

“And this burden is only going to increase the burdens on Louisville taxpayers and everyone that is downstream on the river. And then A second article today from the Washington Post that mothers whose drinking water was downstream of sites contaminated with PPOA and pfos, both which are considered likely carcinogens, were much more likely to lose their baby and more likely to have a preterm or low weight birth. So pollution has impacts, and we're just beginning to learn about the impacts of pfas in our water. The Trump administration said that they want to make America healthy again.” (01:25–01:42)

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