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Edward Markey: “There is a study that says that we are going to see 200,000…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Fighting Trump's scorched-Earth policies this Earth Week with Climate Action Campaign.

Published | Video Starts at 24:07

… I would add, continue to partner with the health care sector to protect the health and future of communities across the commonwealth. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. There is a study that says that we are going to see 200,000 earlier deaths over the next 25 years because of Trump's deregulatory air pollution policy. That's more asthmas, more lung cancers, more cancers across the board. That is what we're talking about right here. That's the danger that Sue Ellen was just talking about. (24:07–24:23)

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Asserts that a study predicts 200,000 earlier deaths due to Trump's air pollution policy.

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