Transporting Chemicals Safely
Transporting Chemicals Safely
Since 2000, the number of distribution incidents among ACC member companies has declined by 66 percent, while the volume of chemicals shipped only decreased by 6 percent for the business of chemistry overall.

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Keeping Us Safe Every Day
Keeping Us Safe Every Day
The business of chemistry helps create the products that make us safer. Airbags, child safety seats and fire safety equipment save countless lives every year.

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Protecting Public Health and Improving Lives
Protecting Public Health and Improving Lives
Innovative products and technologies, made possible by chemistry, are advancing child safety and making automobiles safer than ever before. Resilient plastic bicycle helmets alone reduce the risk of brain injury by as much as 90 percent.

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Ensuring a Safe and Plentiful Food Supply
Ensuring a Safe and Plentiful Food Supply
Advances in chemistry play a key role in increasing agricultural production to feed a growing world population. Chemical products protect plants from pest infestation, increase crop production, and slow soil erosion.

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Keeping Us Safe Every Day

The products of chemistry—from bike helmets, to battlefield technologies—have helped make the world safer. At the same time, it’s imperative that chemistry is used safely and responsibly. America’s chemical manufacturers make significant investments in testing programs to improve scientific understanding of chemical product safety. We support efforts to modernize the federal system for regulating chemicals so Americans can have confidence that their families and the environment are protected.

Learn more about policies that can help American chemistry continue innovating, creating jobs and enhancing safety:

Regulatory Reform

ACC explains to House Committee how the quality of science used to review chemicals can be improved. Learn More »

Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Our nation’s primary chemicals management law must be updated to keep pace with scientific advancements and to ensure that chemical products are safe for intended use—while also encouraging innovation and protecting American jobs. Learn More »

Chemical Safety

Since scientific understanding is always evolving, a regulatory system that can adapt to advances in science and technology will help promote the safe use of the essential, innovative products made possible by chemistry. Learn More »
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2012 RESPONSIBLE CARE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

April 29 – May 2, 2012
Hollywood, Florida

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Long-Range Research Initiative

Science for a Sustainable Future »