PRINTER'S NO. 1802
No. 179 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY MURPHY, ERICKSON, THOMPSON, MOWERY, BRIGHTBILL,
DENT, EARLL, M. WHITE, TOMLINSON, COSTA, LEMMOND, SCARNATI,
ORIE, SCHWARTZ, WOZNIAK, KITCHEN, BOSCOLA, O'PAKE AND
TARTAGLIONE, MARCH 18, 2002
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 18, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of April 2002 as "Good Chemistry Month" in
2 Pennsylvania and recognizing the business of chemistry for
3 its dynamism and innovativeness.
4 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry is a significant
5 contributor to the economy of Pennsylvania directly employing
6 over 72,000 people; and
7 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in Pennsylvania exports
8 $5.3 billion in products annually; and
9 WHEREAS, The value of industry production by the business of
10 chemistry in Pennsylvania is $21.8 billion; and
11 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in Pennsylvania offers
12 family-sustaining jobs averaging $69,376 annually; and
13 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in Pennsylvania provides
14 support to numerous endowments, foundations and scholarship
15 organizations throughout Pennsylvania; and
16 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry is a leader in safety with
17 a safety performance record 4.5 times above the average of all
1 other United States manufacturing industries combined; and
2 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry is this nation's largest
3 investor in private sector funding of research and development
4 initiatives and chemistry industry scientists and researchers
5 account for one in seven patents filed in the United States
6 every year; and
7 WHEREAS, The business of chemistry in Pennsylvania has
8 reduced core toxic reduction inventory emissions by 66% since
9 1988; and
10 WHEREAS, The evolving science of chemistry enhances our
11 everyday quality of life by providing potable drinking water,
12 medicines, clothing, housing, transportation, radar-evading skin
13 and infrared detection devices to name a few; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of April 2002
15 as "Good Chemistry Month" in Pennsylvania.
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