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Donavan McKinney: “The government isn't looking at toxins being emitted in air…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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Published | Video Starts at 51:53

And what's happening is the way permits work from the EPA at the federal level and then Eagle at the state level. The reason why our corporate polluters keep getting the green light to pollute us and pollute more is because The government isn't looking at toxins being emitted in air in totality, they're looking at it in isolation. So how much sulfur dioxide being emitted, how much carbon dioxide being emitted from PFAS to mercury, they all look at separately instead of all together. (51:53–52:01)

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Asserts that current government assessments of air toxins are done in isolation rather than cumulatively.

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