• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    The difference with leaded gasoline and asbestos, is that everyone everywhere was being exposed to those.

    And the current trajectory regarding PFAS is, a complete ban https://www.wcl.org.uk/transitioning-to-a-pfas-free-economy.asp

    But they’re not a problem everywhere, they’re a problem of containment at the manufacturer.

    This is what sloppy statements like plastics and teflon are tantamount to the widespread lead and mercury poisoning. That’s just not the case but acting like it is, is exactly how industry initiate regulatory capture.

    I see it the same as the big tech giants pushing hard FOR regulation, because ultimately the rules, written with their impetus will become their motes and we will all pay for it.

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      24 hours ago

      But they’re not a problem everywhere, they’re a problem of containment at the manufacturer.

      So screw the local environment and the people that live there? If the manufacturer could capture and destroy pfoa’s before release, why havent they done so? If they could and didnt, then they brought the ban unpon themselves.

      This is like arguing “oh, but the oil spill was in a remote part of the ocean and would never effect my house, so keep on drilling baby!”

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          17 hours ago

          Right… like how hard is it not crash a ship into a bridge? Even good stewards have accidents. So if there something better and less destructive to the environment, it should be strongly prefered.