Calif. Toxic Reporting Law Signed

The bill's passage was boosted by an Environmental Working Group (EWG) investigation that found the EPA rollback would eliminate reporting of almost 600,000 pounds of chemicals a year from 274 industrial facilities in 30 counties in California. In Los Angeles County alone, almost 250,000 pounds of chemicals would have no longer been subject to reporting.

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Assemblyman Ira Ruskin of Redwood City introduced the bill (AB 833) in response to the Bush Administration?EUR??,,????'?????<

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In Washington, U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis of El Monte is co-sponsor of the Toxic Right to Know Protection Act which would restore full disclosure to the federal TRI.

Source: newswire.ascribe.org