Pushing Safer Alternatives

Quote from the article - "seeks to create a complicated regulatory morass of requirements for companies to defend their products and keep them from being banned, with the result being that their many benefits to public health and the environment could be lost."

As with many things in CA the state wants to be at the green forefront - leading the way. The question is where they are leading to. We have little real knowledge about the long term effects of many every day chemicals/solutions so I am not sure of the basis the state would use to decide what is OK or not OK.

Quote from the article - 'Manufacturers could ask the department for an exemption if the product contains a "minuscule" amount—defined as a concentration of 0.1% or less--of a chemical of concern.'

Most everything we worry about is dangerous in far - far less than 0.1% concentration for sure. How would the department decide.

Oversight could be a good thing but it should be at the federal level.

The draft daft regulation