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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Great Chance to Control Toxic Chemicals SEND EMAIL~a4877u30516t0~
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:51:31 -0500 (EST)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:49:59 -0800 (PST) From: WWF Conservation Action Network <alerts@takeaction.worldwildlife.org> To: sondheim@panix.com Subject: Great Chance to Control Toxic Chemicals SEND EMAIL~a4877u30516t0~ Action deadline: January 1, 2003 Dear Alan, Don't miss an unprecedented opportunity to push for new laws that would phase out hazardous chemicals across Europe, and have implications for toxic chemical management around the globe. Strong European action would raise the global standard and serve as a worldwide model for better control of these dangerous contaminants. Existing laws fall far short of protecting people and the environment from the toxic chemicals that are all around us, even in in everyday consumer items such as cleaning and hair care products, perfumes, and food cans. Scientists have already found more than 300 man-made chemicals in people. Wildlife around the world are also contaminated, even in remote locations. For example, beluga whales, Canadian ringed seals, Faroe Island pilot whales, and other marine mammals carry in their bodies chemicals that are used as flame retardants in furniture and electronic equipment. The European Commission--the policy-making body of the European Union--is in the midst of drafting laws to identify and phase out certain industrial chemicals. But industry is lobbying hard to weaken the draft provisions. Please follow the simple steps below to urge the president of the European Commission to propose laws that include stringent requirements to test for chemicals and that encourage industry to make safer, greener products--not products containing hazardous chemicals that accumulate in us, our children, and future generations. Please forward this alert to your friends and colleagues. **************************TAKE ACTION NOW!********************* If you received this email from World Wildlife Fund's Conservation Action Network, follow the steps below for taking action. If a friend forwarded this email to you, go to http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ctt.asp?u=30516&l=1007 to take action. TO TAKE ACTION QUICKLY -- To send the message below, as is, to the president of the European Commission, hit "reply" to this email and then "send." We will automatically send the message for you. BETTER YET, ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS AND GREATLY INCREASE YOUR IMPACT -- Log in to your Personal Action Center -- http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ctt.asp?u=30516&l=1008 -- with your email address (sondheim@panix.com) and your password. Once you are in your Personal Action Center, click on "Great Chance to Control Toxic Chemicals" and follow the instructions for adding your own thoughts to your message. If you have any questions or problems with taking action, contact us at actionquestions@takeaction.worldwildlife.org for help. ***************************LETTER TEXT************************** Romano Prodi President European Commission 200 Rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Dear President Prodi: I congratulate the European Commission on its intention to improve the regulation of chemicals in Europe. These reforms could have extremely positive global implications. Citizens around the world are looking to Europe to lead the international community toward robust chemicals management policies. I am particularly concerned about the continued use of chemicals that accumulate in people and wildlife. I urge you to ensure that the new proposals include a complete phase-out of chemicals that build up in our bodies (so-called "very persistent and very bioaccumulative chemicals"), so that our children, and their children, can live in a world free from contamination. 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