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June 10, 2008


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


Dear Chairman 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.

Quite frankly, I don't buy these things, but am exposed to them
when I go 
to restaurants and grocery stores.  I don't appreciate the
exposure.  
Also, I don't have children, but I do have cats, which cannot
metabolize 
even what we can.  If the toxins got taken out of cleaning
products, then 
maybe I might start buying them again.

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,

Kathryn Hargreaves