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That's not how safety regulation works, where the burden of proof is on the potential offenders side. We don't allow random chemicals as food additives and dru
by j-pb 6y ago
That's not how safety regulation works, where the burden of proof is on the potential offenders side.
We don't allow random chemicals as food additives and drugs and recall them if they turn out to not be safe. We show that they're save before we allow them on the market.
- stuff4ben 6y agoExactly! How else do you prove deep sea mining is safe without trials like this?
- j-pb 6y agoEcological surveys. Disturbing a delicate ecosystem by driving a roomba the size of a bulldozer through it is one of those, "that's obviously gonna fuck things up", things where you just need to look at prexisting scientific data. Much like the question: "is eating half a kilo of table salt a viable cancer treatment?"