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Chemical Policy Reform

Looking through The Louisville Charter For Safer Chemicals a few of the headers that stood out to me most were the phasing out of persistent, bioaccumulative, or highly toxic chemicals; give public and workers the full right-to-know and participate; and take immediate action to protect communities and workers.

Thinking about phasing out these toxic chemicals seems to be the best thing we can do. Not only for our heath, but for the health of the planet and the future generations to come. Of course the reality of this seems low due to the huge market around chemical production and use. Which leads into the other interest of taking immediate action to protect communities and workers. Making sure that communities at risk of increased exposure to these toxic chemicals are aware and creating dates to strictly implement these reforms, such as giving the public and workers the full right-to-know and participate, is essential in changing the way a 30-year old chemical management system has been working.

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  1. Aubrey MatthewsOctober 17, 2019 at 11:16 AM

    Do you think that alternative methods should be explored in place of the chemical methods used today? For example indoor planting facilities which are exposed to sunlight, predacious species, nets, or trap plants? The biggest problem I think would be in-order to do this we would have to down size or eliminate agricultural facilities and resort to local small operations. There is no way you could create an indoor facility large enough to cover an entire field of crops or a net to cover.

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  2. kschererOctober 20, 2019 at 5:13 PM

    So real, if chemicals are not going to be cleaned by or be cleaned up slowly or replaced slowly, full transparency should be given so people can make their own decisions about their health.

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    1. Aika KitilyaOctober 20, 2019 at 8:12 PM

      100% not only full transparency, but tools to understand what and how these chemicals affect us and our health.

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