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Who is CCS?
Transparency is something that gets a lot of lip service, but the words sometimes outstrip the actions. Which is why I’d like to address something that I know will be talked about regarding CCS. In fact, we’ve already had it thrown at us. The accusation: No one should listen to the Coalition for Chemical Safety because the American Chemistry Council is a member of the organization.
Fair enough.
If that persuades you, thanks for playing. We’ll catch you some other time.
(pause a moment while all those folks click to some other site)
Ok. Now that they’re gone, it’s true. ACC is a member of our organization. So are the Omaha (Nebraska) Fire Department and the Michigan Agribusiness Association, Ross Organic Specialty, Inc. in California and Southland Properties, Inc. in Louisiana.
What I’m unclear on is what it is about those members and more than 140 others that changes a few essential facts:
- Our country is long past due for an overhaul of its chemical safety laws;
- Any such overhaul should put safety first;
- It should also be a law that encourages American industrial innovation; and,
- It should protect American jobs.
If you believe all these things are true irrespective of our quite diverse array of members, then join us. If you think there’s something wrong with those principles, then the names on our membership roster are really quite immaterial.
February 2, 2010 at 2:57 pm | Consumers, Innovation, Jobs | 2 comments You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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