Quote – Richard Kiefer Jr., corporate safety director of the McCloskey Varnish Company.

We do not believe that merely furnishing a list of the ingredients of our products to the general public will enable the general public will enable the general public to intelligently decide which, if any, are liable to endanger the environment. What such a list can and will do, is enable our competitors to learn something about the nature of our products. With competition in the market place as it is today, we certainly do not need the City Council to help our out-of-town competitors.

Testimony before the Philadelphia City Council. From the Council of the City of Philadelphia, Committee On Public Health and Welfare.

Tuesday, October 7, 1980
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