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Harvard research facilities may be forced to curtail their use of certain chemicals if a proposed toxic waste bill is approved by the Massachusetts state legislature...
...purpose of the bill, which has been formulated by the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MassPIRG) and co-sponsored by 130 state representatives for 1988, is to force large producers of toxic substances to come up with proposals to reduce the amount of waste they produce, said Michael L'Ecuyer, the toxics policy specialist for MassPIRG...
According to L'Ecuyer, use of any of the 2000 substances listed on the Massachusetts Substance List will be affected by the bill. "A lot of the hazardous materials used in university laboratories will come under this law," he said...
...bill will only impact Harvard's use or production of a certain substance if the quantity of the chemical involved exceeds a certain number of pounds per year, said L'Ecuyer. The bill holds accountable anyone using or producing more than 25,000 pounds of a listed substance per year as well as those making "any other use" of more than 10,000 pounds per year...
...other use" clause of the bill is a very broad category and applies to the use of such substances as cleaning solvents, which Harvard may use in significant amounts, L'Ecuyer said...