Stricter Phosphorus Standards Needed

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Riverkeeper supports the NY State Assembly Bill 8914 which calls for reducing the use of products that contain phosphorus in New York State. Phosphorus, which is currently found in some lawn fertilizers and household cleaning products, is a hazardous chemical when it makes its way into our waterways through lawn run-off and dumping into our sewers.

Read letter to NYS Assemblyman Sweeney in support of a statewide Phosphorus bill.