ApocaDocs: California launches broad effort to control hazardous chemicals

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Posted Tue Sep 30 2008: from Los Angeles Times:


	California launches broad effort to control hazardous chemicals http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1222808722 California today launched the most comprehensive program of any state to evaluate, label and, in some cases, ban industrial chemicals that are linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other deadly effects on human health.... Instead of a product-by-product approach, two new laws are designed to encompass 80,000 chemicals now in circulation, focus on the most dangerous, widespread substances first and control them at the manufacturing stage, before they leach into the air, water or human skin. The legislation, Schwarzenegger said, propels California to "the forefront of the nation and the world. . . . With these two bills, we will stop looking at toxics as an inevitable byproduct of industrial production."

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