National Conference of State Legislators

J. J. Wilson, 1999. Summary of the Attorneys General Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement, National Conference of State Legislators. http //academic.udayton. edu/health/syllabi/tobacco/summary.htm. 

Information about pending state legislation can be found on the Web site of the National Conference of State Legislators at http //www.ncsl. org/print/environ/radonlegis07.pdf... 

The Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning and the Conservation Law Foundation have drafted a model state lead poisoning law for advocates to use in legislative work, as has the National Conference of State Legislators. For a copy of this model legislation, contact the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning or the Conservation Law Foundation and the National Conference of State Legislators, listed in Appendix B, under Advocacy. 

NCSL (2005). Cell phones and highway safety 2005 State legislative update. National Conference of State Legislators, Washington DC. 

One of the conclusions from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (the Earth Summit) was the urgent need to find a more sustainable way of life, based on careful use of resources and a reduction in environmental emissions. There was also a call to move towards a model in which environmental enhancement is fully integrated with economic development. The consequences of this summit have been far-reaching not least by the fact that, in Europe and elsewhere, environmental protection requirements are now integrated into many policies rather than being separate pieces of legislation. Indeed Article 2 of the EC treaty states that the Community shall. .. promote throughout the Community harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of economic activities This may be viewed as the first step towards... 

Health care screening exhibit at annual National State Legislators Conference compile and distribute evidence of the value of pharmacists on improved patient outcomes and health care savings to legislators. 

In the middle of the nineteenth century it was already apparent, that industrial property rights should extend beyond national boundaries. In 1883, in order to facilitate the transfer of technology, a large number of states created the Paris Convention, an international convention. The Paris Convention established major basic rules concerning industrial property and was a remarkable piece of legislation for its time. The convention was revised in subsequent international conferences in Brussels in 1900, Washington in 1911, The Hague in 1925, London in 1934, Lisbon in 1958 and Stockholm in 1967. The main provisions which apply between the member countries are now ... 

The First Review Conference called upon States Parties that have not already done so to inform the OPCW by the next regular session of the Conference of the status of their adoption of the legislative and administrative measures necessary for or taken by them to implement the Convention, of any problems they have encountered, and of any assistance they require. Having considered the importance of national implementation measures for the proper functioning of the Convention, and having reviewed the activities undertaken by the States Parties as well as the Secretariat, the First Review Conference ... 

Individual national efforts outside the United States to control lead paint production and/or use, particularly in Europe, arose out of the nineteenth century organized labor movement that accompanied the industrialization of Europe. In 1867, occupational concerns over white lead production and use resulted in the Congress of the Workers International Association while 1896 witnessed the International Workers Conference on the same topic. In 1901, the Assembly of the International Association for Labour Legislation was convened to deal with the topic of white lead. 

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