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Global Challenges
Among the many challenges facing the world today are those related to environment, health and safety. For example: the availability of fresh water, the management of chemicals (including testing), climate change, dioxin emissions, and the development of promising new technologies such as biotechnology. Resolving these issues is a shared responsibility that we take very seriously. Their resolution can often be done most effectively through the formation of broad-based alliances between industry and societal institutions such as government, professional societies and non-governmental groups.
Unfortunately, the chemical industry is often only singled out as the source of the problem, whereas in reality our products are a valuable part of the solution. Examples that illustrate this point are the plastics that allow car manufacturers to build lighter cars that use less energy and emit fewer pollutants, the reverse osmosis filters that enable water companies to secure safe drinking water for millions of people, and the disinfectants that kill human pathogens. The following is a summary of our positions and approaches to resolve nine key issues that we face.
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