Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-200

ENV 200

Study of Brominated Flame Retardants

Mr. Hedlund moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 2210-0105, by inserting the following:

Provided further, the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI) shall conduct a study of the negative public health and environmental effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) (brominated flame retardants) in the Commonwealth and shall report the findings and recommendations of its study to House and Senate Chairs of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, the Joint Committee on Public Health, the Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Chair of the Senate Committee of Ways and Means by December 31, 2013.