M-T-B-E To Go?

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Momentum is building in California to get rid of the gasoline additive MTBE. MTBE–or methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether–was added to gas in California and some other areas to help clean up the air, but now the additive is contaminating drinking water supplies. Cheryl Colopy reports.

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