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Mostly nothing. The vast majority of PFAS contamination comes from industrial effluent, not consumer goods. This should be a good thing, because it makes it lo
by jdietrich 3y ago
Mostly nothing.
The vast majority of PFAS contamination comes from industrial effluent, not consumer goods. This should be a good thing, because it makes it logistically easier to prevent and mitigate. Unfortunately, manufacturers can get away with flagrant negligence because the EPA is a total mess.
The EPA are failing to deal with dozens of types of chemical pollution that most people are already well aware of; the only meaningful solution is to reform or replace the EPA. That's unlikely to happen soon, partly because of longstanding structural issues with federal agencies and partly because "not wanting to be poisoned" is now a politically contentious position.
- mandmandam 3y agoThe political establishment has a pretty foolproof system for shit like this, which it has been using for decades if not centuries. Step 1: Get Trump and his ilk to make moves toward disbanding the EPA. There is no step 2. Democrat voters now throw their support to the EPA, forgetting all the stories about its dysfunction, because the threatened alternative is no EPA at all. "The lesser evil" will be the rally cry as smart, kind people beg you to vote for the corporate-funded Democrat who wants to "preserve" the EPA and its funding as is. > "not wanting to be poisoned" is now a politically contentious position. Has been for a long time - ask Erin Brockovich, or the Superfund victims, or Donziger.