The Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals is a "platform for creating a safe and healthy environment through innovation." Of the listed elements that are essential to a chemical policy reform, I believe we need to require safer substitutes and solutions to the current chemicals and production methods. Also, implementing and enhancing safety data collection of all the chemicals is essential to properly determining the health effects of chemicals in the marketplace. The combination of requiring substitutes and collecting safety data of chemicals seem to be essential elements for a well accepted chemical reform policy.
Monday, March 20, 2017
M8.4 Chemical Policy Reform
Given the amount of information that is known about the detrimental health effects of pesticides and persistent organic pollutants, there is a definite need for chemical policy reform. This type of action not only needs to be done in the United States, but also around the world. After watching the lax use of numerous pesticides in India, I realized that a chemical policy reform is in fact a global requirement. The farmers in India are not only harming themselves and their community, but are also indirectly causing harm to those buying and wearing their cotton.
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I think our group’s ideal chemical policy was in line with the policy laid out by the Louisville Charter for Safer Chemicals although we didn’t include all the elements. Personally, I believe the most important elements of the ideal chemical policy should be let the public know and provide safer alternatives. We, the public, have the right to know all the chemical included in the products we use and to know safer alternatives to reduce exposures. We also need more research to institute policies that will continually test these new chemicals and how they interact with our environment.
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