Top appeals court upholds ‘toxic’ designation of plastics
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"In a setback for the plastics industry, the court upheld the government’s authority to classify plastic manufactured items as “toxic." Plus, Dow is cutting 4,500 jobs and Canada's Aduro Clean Technologies is scaling up."

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