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Perspective

Mar. 20, 2009

Green Thumbs

The Department of Toxic Substances Control's use of a wiki site may serve as a model for other states as they grapple with multifaceted issues and complex rulemakings.

By Heather Bowman

Don't just tell California's Department of Toxic Substances Control what you want the new rules on green chemistry to say, write them yourself. In January, the department launched a "wiki" site to gather comments on how to build California's green chemistry regulations. (cagreenchem.wikidot.com/start). Like the well-known Wikipedia Web site, which is an online encyclopedia built by contributions of the end user, the wiki allows anyone to access and con...

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