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JustABozoOnThisBus

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6. Unlikely. Steel, Rare Earth Metals, Pharmaceuticals, much comes from China ...

Reply to Greybnk48 (Reply #3)

Tue May 12, 2020, 03:57 PM

May 2020

... because China is currently more willing to tolerate the pollution that such manufacturing creates. To make them without pollution would greatly increase the cost.

Pittsburgh and it's surrounding areas no longer have the steel-making capability the once had, but the air is a lot cleaner now.

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