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Green Chemistry Toxic to California Job Market

“Green Chemistry Regulations Poison California Jobs,” by John Hrabe
Four years ago Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law California’s controversial Green Chemistry regulations: AB 1879 by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, and SB 509 by Senator Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto. He proclaimed that the state was adopting “the most comprehensive green chemistry program in the world.” The laws, which only took full effect this year, granted unelected chemical bureaucrats at the California Department of Toxic Substances Control the authority to regulate virtually every consumer product sold in California. In his typical grandstanding fashion, Arnold promised that all of these new regulations wouldn’t have any negative consequences on California’s job market. Read the full article on Cal Watchdog.