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It is difficult to find the source or the time for the origin of the modern PS concept. While the first public concerns about the chemicals began to be known in the early 1960s the concerns generally revolved around their environmental impact. However, the focus on products from cradle to grave evolved over time as a key element in industry activities and programs. This approach was accelerated by notable catastrophic events and began to take a more organized or program‐oriented shape in the mid to late 1980s. Industry leaders quickly recognized that the management of chemical products and their potential impact on people and the environment was a continuum; it could not stop at the plant gate. Although customers and other product handlers had to take on their own responsibilities in use and disposal, chemical companies had growing motivation that drove them to advise and assist those customers with proper handling. In fact, companies might even withhold products from customers who failed to handle them appropriately, thus practicing true PS. Industry leaders also realized that the public would not understand differentiations about who had control of a product at any one time nor would the media encourage that understanding to take place.