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"Before there was climate denial, there was cancer denial." Cancer is just a risk. Having a job an earning money will always outweigh that risk. People will
by redleggedfrog 5y ago
"Before there was climate denial, there was cancer denial."
Cancer is just a risk. Having a job an earning money will always outweigh that risk. People will put up with a lot of crummy environment to put food on the table.
- FireBeyond 5y agoYou're entitled to informed consent. You can argue about the merits of having that informed consent and still _choosing_ to put up with it, and whether that's truly free will or necessity, or something in between. But time and time again, there are companies that will lie to everyone, employees included, about the risks. That is _not_ informed consent, and is not defensible for any reason.
- Someone1234 5y agoThis pollution impacts people who don't work at these facilities, and if you start looking at them many employ less than the nearby Walmart.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThe people employed by the facilities can afford to raise families, whereas the people employed by Walmart cannot.
- Someone1234 5y agoNot everyone that works at these places is a chemical or manufacturing engineer; many are on similar wages to Walmart.
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- anonAndOn 5y agoWhat many corporations try to do is downplay the risk or flat out deny, and pay a fool's wages because the locals don't know they're slowly getting poisoned. Ignorance is great for business because it increases profit margins.