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What the New York Times thinks will happen: Enhanced labeling and regulation of dangerous chemicals in household cleaners leads to a safer world for all. What
by ericbarrett 4y ago
What the New York Times thinks will happen: Enhanced labeling and regulation of dangerous chemicals in household cleaners leads to a safer world for all.
What will actually happen: Common chemicals like bleach, borax, vinegar, and ammonia will be banned from direct sale to consumers; you'll be forced to buy whatever brand name from one of two major manufacturers, with as little insight into its composition and dangers as you have today. A decade from now they'll run an exposé about the multi-generational environmental impact of some exotic chemical these products used. Lawyers get paid $millions in a class action. You get lung cancer and a coupon for $5.95. Cleaning products still cost $10 per quart.
- chimeracoder 4y ago> What the New York Times thinks will happen: Enhanced labeling and regulation of dangerous chemicals in household cleaners leads to a safer world for all. > What will actually happen: Common chemicals like bleach, borax, vinegar, and ammonia will be banned from direct sale to consumers; This is a lifestyle piece providing basic safety information for common household goods. It's quite a stretch to imply any intention of a regulatory outcome for that, let alone one that somehow bans common cooking ingredients. Not to mention that the only mention of vinegar is as an aside, a (correct) warning that two common cleaning materials should not be used simultaneously.
- Eumenes 4y agoGlad I'm not the only one who deciphers similar takes from these latent articles
- 57FkMytWjyFu 4y ago"10 a quart? Those are rookie numbers! " - Ecolab