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Wow, the amount of willful ignorance in some comments here is astonishing. It's so strange to see people argue for the continuance of something harmful to manki
by Technetium 3y ago
Wow, the amount of willful ignorance in some comments here is astonishing. It's so strange to see people argue for the continuance of something harmful to mankind as a whole. It really feels like seeing an argument on behalf of leaded water. What's the next leap? Trying to justify 3M/DuPont/Chemours/Corteva not paying for destroying the environment, even though they're profiting tens of billions a year from doing this? Let's try to stay grounded in factual reality; lawsuits don't happen randomly, and a $1,185,000,000 in damages should be taken VERY seriously!
They knew it was toxic for 73 BLEEDING YEARS[0], yet none of the studies come out publicly. They do it for profit, never any other reason[1]. Stock prices won't drop if people think it's safe[2]. They took a page right out of the big tobacco playbook there. It's as ingeniously profitable as it is evil.
[0] https://www.ewg.org/research/decades-polluters-knew-pfas-chemicals-were-dangerous-hid-risks-public https://www.ewg.org/research/decades-polluters-knew-pfas-che...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/pfas-3m-dupont-chemical-industry-health-toxic-study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/pfas-3m-...
[2] https://static.ewg.org/reports/2019/pfa-timeline/3M-DuPont-Timeline_sm.pdf https://static.ewg.org/reports/2019/pfa-timeline/3M-DuPont-T...
Lawsuit sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/dupont-pfas-settlement-water-chemical-contamination https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/02/dupont-p...
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/dupont-chemours-and-corteva-reach-4-billion-settlement-forever-chemicals https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/dupont-chemou...
https://apnews.com/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-dupont-drinking-water-82516dfef51da45b389e00fa956cf8c5 https://apnews.com/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-dupont-dri...