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Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

by Associated Press
| February 28, 2020 3:05 AM

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid concerns it contains potentially hazardous chemicals that threaten human health and could reach streams and other critical groundwater sources.

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