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June 12, 2008


Mary Nichols
Chairman
California Air Resources Board
1001 "I" Street
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812

Dear Chairwoman Nichols,

I encourage you to strongly reduce the harmful toxics found in
cleaning and other consumer products. By regulating and reducing
these chemicals from consumer products, the State of California
will set another precedent in protecting the health of families
and workers. 

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), harm our families' health and
contaminate our air.  Everyone is vulnerable to the harmful
effects of these chemicals, which are often used where we work and
live and where our children study and play.  

Many children in our communities suffer from asthma, and the
chemicals emitted by consumer products only increase the chances
that they endure more frequent attacks or develop asthma in the
future.  Furthermore, adults may experience an increased risk of
liver and kidney damage and cancer from the daily use of consumer
products. 

As a consumer and concerned citizen, I urge the California Air
Resources Board to adopt tougher regulations on consumer products.
I also urge you to include additional VOC reductions from some of
the worst culprits - multipurpose cleaners, degreasers and glass
cleaners.

Please take this opportunity to protect the health of our families
by significantly reducing these air pollutants that emanate from
consumer products. 

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mark Reback