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Institute of Environmental Education - First Executive Summary on Asbestos

 
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MAY0R1S REMARKS MAYOR MARION BARRY, JR. INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FIRST EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON ASBESTOS SEPTEMBER 2, 1987 GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK AT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON ASBESTOS. AS WE ALL KNOW, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS. AS THE PUBLIC HAS BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE, HEALTH HAZARDS OF NUMEROUS MAN-MADE AND NATURAL SUBSTANCES AND THE • DANGERS THEY PRESENT TO OUR NATURAL RESOURCES - THE AIR, WATER AND SOIL - THERE HAS BEEN AN EVER INCREASING DEMAND THAT SOMETHING BE DONE TO CONTROL THESE SUBSTANCES TO ENSURE THEIR USE IN THE SAFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT A VAST MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC IS WILLING TO PAY WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES. HOWEVER, WE AS THE GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS OFFICIALS WHO MUST DETERMINE THE PROPER USAGE OF CHEMICALS SUCH AS PCBs, AND CHLORDANE AND NATURAL SUBSTANCES SUCH AS ASBESTOS, MUST TEMPER OUR DESIRE FOR COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL WITH THE PROPER JUDGEMENT CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SUCH CONTROLS. ..... AS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF. THE NATION'S CAPITAL IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CITIES, I HAVE MADE A TOTAL COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. I HAVE ASSEMBLED ONE OF THE FINEST ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL STAFFS IN THE
Title
Institute of Environmental Education - First Executive Summary on Asbestos
Date
February 09 1987
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