From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Please write DuPont (December 20/20 action)
Organization: Save the Humans!
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 07:45:09 GMT


Here's another little postcard.  I've corrected half the spelling
errors.  Left the other half in there for authenticity!


20/20 Vision           Subscriber-at-large           December 1992

SUBJECT:  Du Pont and the Campaign for Cleaner Corporations


Du Pont has one of the [USA]'s worst environmental records, according to the
Campaign for Cleaner Corporations, a new project coordinated by the Council on
Economic Priorities.  Its goal is to increase public awareness of
environmentally harmful compaines and build public pressure to encourage them
to take specific actions to improve their record.

Here are a few facts about Du Pont:

o   Ranked by the Environmental Protection Agency as the nation's
    largest emitter of hazardous chemicals.

o   Named potentially responsible for 58 Superfund hazardous waste
    sites, the second highest of _Fortune_ 500 companies.

o   Produces more chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the leading cause of
    ozone depletion, than any other company, one quarter of the
    world's total production.

o   Exports lead additives for gasoline, banned in the US, throughout
    Latin America.  Du Pont also sells to developing countries
    chemicals which are banned in the US.

o   Led, in 1989, all firms in the controversial practice of deep-
    well injection of toxic wastes.

o   Forced to pay $1.4 million for concealing records showing six
    employees developed lung damage from asbestos exposure.

Du Pont is making progress, such as in reducing hazardous waste, but
more can be done.


ACTION:  Write or call Du Pont.  Ask them to:

o   Make a public timetable to stop manufacturing and selling to developing
    countries gasoline lead additives and pesticides banned in the United
    States.

o   Reduce greenhous e gas emissions, and make public detailed plans to
    completely phase out production of CFCs and other ozone-depleting
    chemicals before January 1, 1996.

o   Make public a timetable to phase out deep-well injection of hazardous
    wastes.

o   Reduce hazardous emissions.

Write to:  Edgar Woolard, CEO, Du Pont
           1007 Market St.
           Wilmington, DE 19898
           (302) 774-1000

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The Campaign for Cleaner Corporations cites Du Pont, Cargill, GE, GM,
Georgia-Pacific, MAXXAM, Rockwell, and USX for having the worst environmental
records in their industries and asks them to implement specific, measurable
reforms.  See the January 1993 issue of _Mother Jones_ for a pullout on the
firms, more information on the campaign, and a listing of 20/20 Vision!
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Sources:  CEP _Research Report_, Dec. 1992, _Mother Jones_, Jan. 1993.
For more information, contact 20/20 Vision at (202) 728-1157.
*This action is good for several months.*


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Transcribed by Cameron Spitzer.  Merry Winter Solstice Holiday!
See you next year!
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