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Massachusetts mandates disclosure of hazardous chemiclas not to punish businesses, not to increase reporting and regulation, instead to INFORM workers and public safety personnel of dangers to protect them, as well as the public.

Texas has no such law which successfully laid the foundation for the catastrophic fertilizer plant fire. 

 
Texas has no laws requiring inspection, proper handling and storage of hazardous chemicals, no requirement to inform workers.....

When you support political platforms that eshew REGULATIONS, it's important to consider the COSTS in HUMAN LIVES.



Koch Sock Puppet Scooter Brown accepted campaign contributions from his Best Buds at New England Compounding Center --- those are the folks who distributed their contaminated products that sickened and killed so many around the nation.

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Please watch the comments or the silence from Greg Abbott [R-Texas] or better yet, Charlie Baker, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate and closet Tea Bagger.

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