San Francisco Chronicle, "City must consider environmental impact of purchases", Rachel Gordon, June 18, 2005

San Francisco Examiner, "City could go ‘green' with purchasing", Justin Jouvenal, May 30, 2005

Beyond Chron, " Board of Supervisors Sees Green", Alison Stevens Rodrigues, June 1, 2005

Listen to Debbie Raphael, from San Francisco Department of the Environment, discuss the Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance on NPR.

San Francisco was the first city in the nation to pass a Precautionary Principle ordinance. Read the press release.

SF Chronicle, "Better Safe Than Sorry", Ruth Rosen, 6/19/03. Read the Article.

BAWG member, Katie Silberman (Center for Environmental Health) on KQED's Forum.

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