When the public hears about right-to-know, they think ‘Gee, that sounds great’. But all the information they’re going to get under these laws is a list of plant chemicals that will sit on someone’s kitchen table until it’s thrown away.
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Ralph Engel, president of the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association.
The public does not have [an] inherent right to know.
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John Yewell, director of industrial safety and health for the California State Chamber of Commerce.
We have 1,000 products. If every state has different reporting requirements, we’d have to produce 50,000 different [Material Safety Data Sheets].
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Garth Fort, lobbyist for the Monsanto Company.
Labeling all pipes and containers could cost the chemical industry $100 million a year.
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Garth Fort, lobbyist for the Monsanto Company.
