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It works because you have guinea pigs who will test it for you. Even if it weren’t the US there would be other countries... As another comment pointed out, you
by chrismeller 7y ago
It works because you have guinea pigs who will test it for you. Even if it weren’t the US there would be other countries...
As another comment pointed out, you can never prove something is safe, so the whitelist model is inherently flawed. Asbestos was once considered safe, that’s why it was used as insulation. Turns out not so much under certain circumstances (like when disturbed and released into the air for you to inhale), so now we have to backtrack on that. That’s life.
- tpush 7y ago> As another comment pointed out, you can never prove something is safe, so the whitelist model is inherently flawed. Asbestos was once considered safe, that’s why it was used as insulation. The rational conclusion there is that you should test more, not move to a blacklist model that allows everything until people drop dead, develop a serious illness or whatever.
- tzs 7y agoThe whitelist model doesn't require that you prove something is safe in all conceivable circumstances present and future before whitelisting it. It just means you test the common and the reasonably predictable cases first, and compare to other products in the same category if any, so that you can be reasonably confident in it before approving.