On Wednesday we met with Representative Joe Atkins to share our presentation and find out more about how legislation is passed in MN. He was great and gave us lots of information. He has passed a ton of bills in MN and can really help us. One of the things he told us is that it's much easier to pass legislation for consumer warning lables than it is to get a ban. We'd still like a ban on arsenicals but will probably start with trying to get legislation for consumer warning labels. Who would buy chicken that said "warning- may contain toxic levels of arsenic"?? Rep. Atkins even helped us get started by drafting two bills for us- one for a warning and one for a ban. We were really surprised! Stay tuned. We have our competition tomorrow and then hope to get to work on the legislation for a warning label.
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