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Remember the Exxon Valdez spill years ago, and the big push everyone made to hold them accountable with fines and demanding cleanup action? I understand this ca
by winternett 3y ago
Remember the Exxon Valdez spill years ago, and the big push everyone made to hold them accountable with fines and demanding cleanup action? I understand this case is not exactly oil spill level, it's very common on beaches even on the east coast, but the casual way it's received now is also the same way most environmental offenses go too.
Pretty crazy how far more significant environmental offenses happen globally, how even if a fine is paid, it's only the rain washing it down river that makes it seem forgotten, yet we're still blaming increasing cancer rates and deaths on diet and exercise, and thinking that amassing huge amounts of personal wealth is going to somehow insulate us from the same peril as everyone else... For the record, Steve Jobs, the extremely wealthy CEO of Apple... Died of cancer.
Companies and individuals that pollute should be held to higher standards.
- throwaway5959 3y agoYou think the Steve Jobs, worth more than a billion dollars, died of cancer due to exposure to toxic waste?
- caseyscottmckay 3y agoCompanies get away with exposing us to a lot more harm than just toxic waste, e.g., tire and break dust is everywhere; cheap plastic packaging on everything we eat and drink.
- gymbeaux 3y agoWhether he died or not is irrelevant. He GOT cancer and I think OP’s suggestion that it was environmental is plausible. That he was rich is only significant because he DIED from the cancer, but he died because he refused modern medicine and thought he could diet the cancer away.
- CameronNemo 3y agoPerhaps fruits and vegetables contaminated with microplastics were a factor.