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:

Chemical Safety

To enable continued innovation in the business of chemistry, EPA must revise key chemical safety regulations to reduce regulatory burdens while promoting the safe use of chemical products. Learn More »

Regulatory Reform

America needs sound regulations that protect health and the environment while also ensuring that businesses have the opportunity to grow and thrive. Learn More »

Rail Transportation

America’s rail policy must encourage regulators to work in partnership with the business of chemistry, other shippers and the railroad industry to ensure that essential chemicals can continue to be shipped by rail. Learn More »
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Long-Range Research Initiative

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Rigorous Federal Approval Process Exists for New Chemicals

New graphic explains EPA’s comprehensive review process for chemicals before they are introduced into the marketplace.

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