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26 Sep 2011

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Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls responds to accusations of excessive lead pollution in China

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On September 13, the Pudong New Area government requested that Johnson Controls suspend lead-related production in our Shanghai plant as we have achieved our lead quota for the year...we have complied with this request. Recent news coverage about this suspension in production has included some inaccuracies we would like to clarify. For example, as a separate issue, we are aware that concerned local citizens have questions about their potential exposure to lead in the area. We acknowledge and take these concerns very seriously...However, we have no reason to believe we are the source of the issue. We operate all of our facilities to the same standards and with the same practices globally...The lead emission average at our Shanghai facility is about one-seventh of Chinese national standard...