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. B26L82BIL/20020S0179R1802 - 2 -