Links to Other Community Right-to-Know Resources -
Organizations that promote right-to-know as a way to increase “inherent safety” by reducing risks from chemical accidents:

The Safe Hometowns Initiative’s Safe Hometowns Guide (http://www.safehometowns.org/) can help communities organize assessments of hazardous materials used at facilities and make recommendations on safer material and process alternatives. This organization is also supporting passage of the Chemical Security Act.

The American Public Health Association has approved an interim resolution, “Preserving Worker and Community Right to Know Information as a Means to Reduce the Risk of Chemical Disasters by Accidental Release or Terrorism”.

Great Lakes United, an international coalition dedicated to preserving and protecting the Great Lakes, has established a set of Principles of Clean Production that advocates giving workers and communities the right-to-know about the hazards and environmental impacts of materials used in manufacturing processes and contained in products and packaging. See .

Environmental Health Watch , a grassroots environmental organization in Cleveland, Ohio, provides many links to resources on chemical facility site security.

OMB Watch’s website has links to papers presented at its “Advancing and Defending the Right-to-Know Conference”, November 15-17, 2001, Washington, DC.