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eastman chemical founder by George eastman (of eastman KODAK) and was part of eastman kodak until 1994
btw:
Eastman is a member of Responsible Care, a global voluntary initiative of the chemical industry. Eastman was awarded the 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award presented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award recognizes technologies that incorporate the principles of green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture, and use.
btw the ceo
James P. Rogers is a DEMOCRAT and part of the United Way
[quote=Mathguy;22735786]Have a 401k? Pension? It's likely that you are one of their owners.
Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) Institutional Ownership & Holdings - NASDAQ.com (http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/emn/institutional-holdings - broken link)
No. I dont invest in toxic chemical companies. And the spillage causes cancer if you read the article.
In September 2000, researchers at the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that every single one of the 289 persons tested for the plasticizer dibutyl phthalate (DBP) had the compound in their bodies. The finding passed with little public fanfare, but surprised government scientists, who just one month earlier had rated DBP of little health concern based on the scientific assumption, which later turned out to be wrong, that levels in humans were within safe limits. DBP causes a number of birth defects in lab animals, primarily to male offspring, including testicular atrophy, reduced sperm count, and defects in the structure of the penis (CERHR 2000). Back to Top The most critical population, women of childbearing age whose foetuses are exposed in the womb, appear to receive the highest exposures. Estimates based on data published by the same CDC researchers in October 2000, indicate that DBP exposures for 3 million women of childbearing age may be up to 20 times greater than for the average person in the population.
The highest exposure estimates for these women were above the federal safety standard (Blount et al 2000, Kohn et al 2000, EPA 1990). EPA rates their overall confidence in the safety standard as “low”, largely because it is based on a study published in 1953 that did not examine the test animals for the birth defects that concern scientists today (EPA 1990).
Sullivan County Tennessee is where the massive spillages are dumped, and it has been run by repubs as noted in the article.
Sullivan County is highlighted because of its declining population, low median wages, and young adults leaving Sullivan County. The major cities in Sullivan County are Kingsport and Bristol. Sullivan County has one of the largest private employers in the state (Eastman Chemical) and as well as the Bristol Nascar race.
The tables below will show that there are many counties that are doing much better than Sullivan County without having an Eastman Chemical or the Bristol races.
The problems as I see it have been ongoing for several decades. As an elected leader or involved in economic development, is this something that you are proud of? This blog will continue to point out the problems and if elected leaders fail to respond to the problems….at least the world will know about Sullivan County. The bottom line is that the Northeast Tennessee needs good paying jobs!! Sullivan County has a history of being controlled by Republicans. It just might be that this may be the problem. Maybe we need Democratic leadership to get something done.
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