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Green Initiative for Chemical Products12-31-08 | News

Green Initiative for Chemical Products

California officials launched a sweeping green initiative to inform consumers exactly how hundreds of thousands of products sold in the state are manufactured and transported and how safe their ingredients are. Eventually, a bar code system will allow consumers to scan any product to determine how green it really is?EUR??,,????'?????<

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Maureen F. Gorsen, director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, said the administration would propose a law setting up a public database that could eventually allow consumers to scan a bar code on every product to determine how green it is?EUR??,,????'?????<

They could also determine how much greenhouse gas was emitted through its transportation by boat, plane or truck and whether its ingredients were the safest available and could be easily recycled.

Approximately 100,000 known chemicals are used in production today, but safety data is available on only a few thousand. In California, 644 million pounds of chemical products are sold each day. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Source: Los Angeles Times