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89B.2 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.
The general assembly finds as follows:
1. The proliferation of hazardous chemicals in the environment
poses a growing threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.
2. The constantly increasing number and variety of hazardous
chemicals and the many routes of exposure to them make it difficult
and expensive to adequately monitor and detect any adverse health
effects attributable to the hazardous chemicals.
3. Individuals are often able to detect and thus minimize effects
of exposure to hazardous chemicals if they are aware of the identity
of the chemicals and the early symptoms of unsafe exposure.
4. Individuals have an inherent right to know the full range of
the risks they face so that they can make reasoned decisions and take
informed action concerning their employment and their living
conditions.
5. Local fire and other government emergency response departments
require detailed information about the identity, characteristics, and
quantities of hazardous chemicals used and stored in communities
within their jurisdictions, in order to adequately plan for, and
respond to, emergencies, and enforce compliance with applicable laws
and regulations concerning these chemicals.
6. The extent of the toxic contamination of the air, water, and
land has caused a high degree of concern and much of this concern is
needlessly aggravated by the unfamiliarity of the chemicals.
7. There is a need to coordinate the existing regulatory and
reporting responsibilities on hazardous chemical users and producers
and to provide uniform access to information. Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1085, § 2
C85, § 455D.2
C87, § 89B.2
