Sen. Boxer Links Keystone Pipeline to Cancer

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives February 27, 2014

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Building the Keystone XL pipeline may cause people to get cancer, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) warned Wednesday at a Capitol Hill news conference.

"How are more Americans with cancer in the national interest? How is it in the national interest when kids playing baseball have to duck and cover from dangerous pollution?," Boxer said, making her case against building the oil pipeline.

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