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r, •r-t cl,J ~ IiE1NG XONG STANDARD cG : Co1in Goddard .7an Coodhesrt APRIL 20, 1985 Environment rules `+dan~ag~g' ft pWan ~o,ae GOVLRt7MEN1S, partECUlailY tboae in Asia, 6houtd ~hinlt eheir envlxctfinent related reSalationa ta avoid thR,pptentialiy damsSing .S faep of i1D$dvieed Crivfronmentak isrqtection gollcies. Thia r,a]E was raade by Pralksear Fred S, <r, director of the Science i~ad u~i~tm~ ~a~i~a~et Ft>saento, leading environmetatat Saurx~aitat aad laayer far the United 5ta4oa ConUriiasiws on Civii Rtthts. Prof SlnSer safd the US govern•, menst through the etforte of certaln ]awtnakess, mUht back out ft ygar Bttam key iateteational en- vitu inte f~ollontri wiisg~'~.nti{lCievidce ~e a~ad ~ptha~'erw~etnanl Such a mev6 could opett the eyse of govcznmeutfi, pnrlieqlarly those tstgetnd by env3renMent31fat6 In A5in like China andliangXoi7g, "to retwaivatetbeSt own PoltCien on the envlroARient", Mr Fimento safd. One damagin6 eHt!et of itUadvlsed and hasty pclicfes on envirem- ment+S pYtmtse Su tt ts Aew a bvsdan to taapaye=s: the eurmt US policy to stop pt+adnetivu of oamie- deuletin8 cbloroflltoxooarbons (OFCa) by 1986 S.v costitiS Ataerican tarox9ers around USisSO biIIion eo~aspply~agw Aviiv~nmenbertas Paw tecf i.an Agency (EPA) tw'es. PTO~81L &d1d S11eTe a4~ SYiC t1o slrangiYlde~neelo SuppOTt repeared ~obat o3one laea ~naed by CFG ato~rs aM~air ~ tio~ninmII) HE 9a~id that a recent etudy shnwed that tha deadly skin aanee:, malldllant ateia- noma, w64 aaused by a portion of ulttaFlolet Gadiation Y1Ct Ab9orbed by the oaone. The EPA's forecast of thscw ml111on additional *ttt cancer deatha by year 2075 has pezsuatted many a luntnes to sign the Montreal Mt Fumento seid envizanmen• talieta whe feared and hated moderii teohna~gy wer® now t1y3r.g to otqmie devrioping wuntrie6. DaT- ticularly'Ghiiia- As China grows. they warn tsg. its demaads on the world'a food supply and the envfrunment M auurce will pose a LRreet to the antire n~n nn~tali9ts s arc w.mnSut ft e~t~vlro li 9 t s ~ta . As Chdna adopts the lateat tech• mr1p~y ite people's ataaidard of liw ink wltllfapeove and it wtll be able to aEfosd better pollution ooatmis and more efeottvC food yroduQLion teohnielues- according to him. 5~1V.dV;,dxO0 ~woag } a e e q p o o-D u0 r; o'L it d'e[ OEP 'a,'i h6E9bZ5 ~N1 Y?5tl s"faaoui di~~H~ wdib:ei 1ss.G~~ a~dd dZ