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The problem is, once there's a commodity market for this product, unscrupulous suppliers are going to be adding the more hazardous mixtures to the market place.
by linuxftw 6y ago
The problem is, once there's a commodity market for this product, unscrupulous suppliers are going to be adding the more hazardous mixtures to the market place.
- ggm 6y agoYou're allowing second-order effects to dominate your thinking about a first-order problem. I see this a lot, here, and in real life. Example: A: "lets fit a defibrellator at the pool" B: "but what if we get sued" ? outcome: nothing. Were they sued? were they less likely to be sued? what if they are sued for NOT having a defib? This is racionation to endless effect. yes, there will be bad actors who contaminate their dust. There are bad actors who contaminate food, drugs, water, fertiliser, music, books, Luis Vuitton suitcases, Lobsters...
- linuxftw 6y agoYeah, the problem is, unless it's a specifically regulated substance, nobody's going to be looking. Check this out: https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/12/sewage-sludge-spreading-leads-to-farm-groundwater-pfas-contamination/ https://vtdigger.org/2020/04/12/sewage-sludge-spreading-lead... So it's not like this category of problem is totally unprecedented. Spreading waste products from mines is a bad, bad idea.