> So you create a product, put it out and have it do unimaginable damage, then pay for the health and environmental damage you did, and then create legislation

> So you create a product, put it out and have it do unimaginable damage, then pay for the health and environmental damage you did, and then create legislation around what others should do going forward. The very scary part is how many of these chemicals cannot be "put back in the bottle" so to speak. This generation will be long gone, but these chemicals will not just exist on the planet, but exist virtually everywhere in some measurable amount. And we're not even using these chemicals carefully or wisely, we're just carpet absolutely bombing everyday objects with them because they make life fractionally more convenient. Nat Geo had a good write up last year: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/pfas-contamination-safe-drinking-water-study https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/pfas-cont...