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The Right to Know

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2005

John H. Perkins
Affiliation:
The Evergreen State University, Olympia, WA

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In my last column I addressed some implications of September 11 for environmental professionals (Environmental Practice, Volume 3, Number 4, December 2001). My concern was that government facilities would deprive surrounding communities of information. It turns out, however, that the problem may be of a different sort: the right-to-know provisions of several major federal laws. Under these laws, private companies must report emissions of toxic chemicals to state and federal authorities.

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© 2002 National Association for Environmental Professionals