Article: Responsible Care plan credited for winning the public's respect. (chemical industry's stature in public's eye improves under Chemical Manufacturers Assn's program)

THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY'S improved environmental performance and increasing public trust--dividends of the Responsible Care initiative--have helped usher in a new era of "maturity and progress," says a top industry official.

J. Lawrence Wilson, chairman and CEO of Rohm and Haas Company, called on a gathering of 300 chemical industry leaders in Washington last week to increase their efforts to achieve sustainable development, support a large new industry health and environmental research program, and become more active in the policy-making process.

Mr. Wilson, also chairman of Chemical Manufacturers Association's board of directors, remarked on the state of ...

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