Quote – Russell Hurst, president of VIZ Manufacturing Company. President of the W.N. Stevenson Company and representative of the Northeastern Chemical Distributors Council.

To me it is just damned incompetent to consider legislation without knowing what the cost is going to be. In business we couldn’t do this. We couldn’t have jobs if we ran our business that kind of way.

Testimony before the Philadelphia City Council. From the Council of the City of Philadelphia, Committee On Public Health and Welfare.

Tuesday, October 7, 1980
Culprits: 
Industry groups
Issues: 
Right To Know
Environmental Protection
Workplace Safety
Laws: 
Philadelphia Worker and Community Right-to-Know Act
Themes: 
Bad for business
Costs will rise