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Article: Phosphate ban may be eased: Detergent makers seek 'a little bit more time'.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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Byline: Richard Roesler
Apr. 1--OLYMPIA -- A year after Gov. Chris Gregoire stood in front of the Spokane River and signed into law a three-county ban on phosphates in automatic dishwasher detergent, major manufacturers are trying to water down the ban.
It's simply not practical, the manufacturers say, to ban phosphates next year in three of the state's 39 counties -- especially since each of those counties is in a separate corner of the state.
"We are working very, very hard to bring new product to market," Dave Ducharme, representing the company that makes Electrasol, told lawmakers recently. "We just need a little bit more time."
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