PANNA: Public Right to Know About Toxics is Under Attack See
PANUPS updates service, for complete information. The Washington
Post reports, "...analysis of the rule's effect showed that 922
of the nation's more than 33,000 residential Zip codes would
lose 100 percent of detailed pollution data if companies
migrated to the short form." The Toxics Release Inventory is an
invaluable resource for community members working to clean up
their neighborhoods and researching why they may be getting
sick. The TRI was created following a massive leak of highly
toxic gas from a pesticide plant that killed at least 15,000
nearby residents in Bhopal, India in 1984. Alarmed community
members and experts in the U.S. demanded to know exactly which
chemicals they were being exposed to in their own cities and
towns. Despite fierce opposition from chemical companies and the
Reagan Administration, citizens convinced Congress to pass the
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act in 1985,
which includes the TRI provisions t