Removing Toxic Materials from Infrastructure
Category: Environmental | Industry Affected: Manufacturing
The General Assembly,
Recognizing the abundance of several toxins in infrastructure,
Concerned with the safety risks of these toxins towards people and the environment,
Hereby:
- Defines a toxin as an material which, through contact, consumption, or inhalation, directly causes illness or death in a lifeform, and/or which actively pollutes the environment around it,
- Prohibits the further production, sale, or implementation of any piece of infrastructure which contains materials known to be toxic by member nations,
- Mandates that member nations implement plans to phase out existing infrastructure which contains toxins, and that, prior to removal, anything containing toxins be marked with appropriate signage or stickers,
- Further mandates that all projects which phase out infrastructure containing toxins be properly disposed of, with procedures established for the steps of the process,
- Further mandates that all sites where toxins were or are present be monitored for environmental effects, and that any areas containing more than the known limit for air, water, and/or soil immediately receive cleanup efforts.
For the final clause, I used U.S. federal standards as found here.
Tried to improve and simplify an idea that went undrafted and was immediately submitted to the GA.
