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    The American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry lobby group, convinced the California Department of Education to rewrite its environmental curriculum textbook to include more positive messages about plastic bags. The Council successfully altered and added content to the final textbook, changing how "litter" was used and adding favorable statistics about plastic bags. The earlier drafts of the textbook were more critical of plastic bags and their environmental harms.

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    The American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry lobby group, convinced the California Department of Education to rewrite its environmental curriculum textbook to include more positive messages about plastic bags. The Council successfully altered and added content to the final textbook, changing how "litter" was used and adding favorable statistics about plastic bags. The earlier drafts of the textbook were more critical of plastic bags and their environmental harms.

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    The American Chemistry Council, a chemical industry lobby group, convinced the California Department of Education to rewrite its environmental curriculum textbook to include more positive messages about plastic bags. The Council successfully altered and added content to the final textbook, changing how "litter" was used and adding favorable statistics about plastic bags. The earlier drafts of the textbook were more critical of plastic bags and their environmental harms.

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    Chemical industry rewrites environment textbook

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    Lobbyists and PR executives with the American Chemistry Council convinced the California Department of Education to rewrite its new environmental curriculum to include positive messages about plastic bags.

    The council successfully added and altered content in the final document.
    Text in states final document

    American Chemistry Council comments

    The council changed how litter is used in the states document.

    Text in states final document

    Text in earlier draft of states document Like car tires that have filled dump sites, plastic shopping bags are harmful litter.

    American Chemistry Council comments

    The council added statistics to the document.

    Text in states final document

    Source: California Watch research

    BRIAN CRAGIN / CALIFORNIA WATCH

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