Toxics Management
Toxics are bad for the environment and can be deadly to humans and animals. Special use and care must be taken when dealing with toxics. Learn more here. Includes Toxics Use Reduction information.
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The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) oversees the Toxics Use Reduction Program. The Program's organizational components include the Toxics Use Reduction Administrative Council and Advisory Committee to the Administrative Council. The Program partners are: the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the Office of Technical Assistance and Technology and the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, which works closely with the Science Advisory Board. In addition to directing the overall Program, EEA is the source for information pertaining to the Toxics Use Reduction Act and its Amendments.
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In July 2006, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to promulgate drinking water and waste site cleanup standards for perchlorate, an emerging contaminant that was previously unregulated by any state or the federal government.
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