Toxics Use Reduction Legislation: An Important " Next Step" After Right to Know

Since 1989, TUR legislation has been enacted in ten or more states, and its adoption is being considered in many others. This legislation represents a significant new direction in environmental law. The 1980s were a decade in which the right to know about toxic substances was developed through the enactment and implementation of worker and community RTK laws. This Article traces the history of RTK laws, their purposes, and citizen's responses to them.

The adoption of TUR laws is probably the most significant among those responses to date.