M8.5 Blog about an ideal chemical policy

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The ideal chemical policy in my opinion is to ban all known PBTs or persist, bioaccumulative or highly toxic chemicals. There is no excuse as to why they are still on the market given the amount of evidence that exists describing the absolute harm they bring to humans, animals, and the environment as a whole. We must push for a complete ban on these chemicals so that they do not continue to be a detriment to the health and wellbeing of communities every where. I agree that policy work must also focus on requiring alternatives or substitutes to these PBTs and furthering research on healthier options. Other than that, no exceptions. Publishing the evidence while educating communities must also be incorporated alongside policy reform, the more educated people are, the better. The public cannot continue to be exposed to these chemicals, the people must come before the profits!

Enough is enough!


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  1. Sintia ShahbazOctober 21, 2018 at 12:12 PM

    Educating the public with the harm being caused I think is the best way to get everyone to agree on banning! It is so important to ban, even though it may take a while, but for the future this is really important.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 7, 2018 at 7:06 AM

    Agree completely with your position, but bans are only effective if they also emphasize the need for substitution. Banning one harmful chemical is only useful until another one is manufactured to take its place. The FDA has dealt with a similar problem for decades in banning recreational, synthetic or “designer” drugs - one chemical banned is inevitably replaced by another one.

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