They cite the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act of 1986, which led to the development of a Toxic Release Inventory detailing the pollution habits of various companies.

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The program, called the Toxics Release Inventory, was created as part of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act.

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This ordinance amends the city's controversial Cell Phone Right to Know Act, a similar but more cumbersome law passed last year that required cell phone retailers to post and distribute radiation information for every make and model of cell phone they sell.

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The MHF is calling on doctors to act in the early stages of dementia, and to recognise that people have a right to know what is wrong with them and to be given clear and compassionate information about their condition.

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