provided by Weather-Bos, www.weatherbos.com
onsumers can contribute to the environment every day
by refusing to purchase products which contain hazardous ingredients or
offer inferior performance. As business people involved with the industry,
we are well aware of the challenges and pressures involved. Companies who
use dangerous ingredients in their products have an economic advantage:
it is often less expensive to manufacture a product using toxic ingredients
to achieve minimum results, compared to an environmentally safe product.
In fact, in our industry, the products that use the most dangerous poisons
often enjoy the highest profit levels.
We firmly believe that the companies that manufacture
products containing dangerous ingredients have a responsibility to develop
environmentally-safe products. It may be difficult and expensive, but not
impossible. Weather-Bos is one example of a manufacturer that chooses to
use environmentally-safe ingredients, regardless of the additional cost.
Weather-Bos produces environmentally-safe paints and stains and finishes
providing protection, waterproofing and restoration for all wood (especially
pine, fir, cedar, redwood and treated woods), masonry, fiberglass, concrete,
and outdoor fabrics.
We do not envy the E.P.A.'s job of monitoring
manufacturing, sale, use and disposal of the thousands of products society
uses. Yet every year, thousands of products are registered with the E.P.A.
that contain dangerous ingredients that are then sold and used, and ultimately
end up in local disposal sites. We believe the E.P.A. must take a closer
look at products that are not environmentally safe. We believe the E.P.A.
has a responsibility to either force these companies to produce environmentally-safe
products or take them off the market!
Ultimately it will be you the consumers who
decide to solve this problem. As a market-driven economy, there can be no
supply without demand. By simply refusing to purchase and use the products
that contain dangerous ingredients, you can force these companies to develop
products that are safe and avoid the toxic dumps of the future.
Contact: Weather-Bos, 316 California Ave.,
Suite 1082 Reno, NV. 89509 See ad on page 13
