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June 10, 2008
Mary Nichols
Chairman
California Air Resources Board
1001 "I" Street
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812
Dear Chairman Nichols,
I encourage you to please strongly reduce the harmful toxics found
in
cleaning and other consumer products. By regulating and reducing
these
chemicals from consumer products, the State of California will set
another
precedent in protecting the health of families and workers.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), harm our families' health and
contaminate our air. Everyone is vulnerable to the harmful
effects of
these chemicals, which are often used where we work and live and
where our
children study and play.
Many children in our communities suffer from asthma, and the
chemicals
emitted by consumer products only increase the chances that they
endure
more frequent attacks or develop asthma in the future.
Furthermore,
adults may experience an increased risk of liver and kidney damage
and
cancer from the daily use of consumer products.
As a consumer and concerned citizen, I urge the California Air
Resources
Board to please adopt tougher regulations on consumer products. I
also
urge you to include additional VOC reductions from some of the
worst
culprits - multipurpose cleaners, degreasers and glass cleaners.
Please take this opportunity to protect the health of our families
by
significantly reducing these air pollutants that emanate from
consumer
products.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
William C. Briggs, Jr.
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