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There are plenty of alternative packaging materials without the health effects of PFAS, just like we learned to build properly and safely without asbestos. Sam
by unglaublich 3y ago
There are plenty of alternative packaging materials without the health effects of PFAS, just like we learned to build properly and safely without asbestos.
Same holds for all extinct products, like leaded paints and leaded gasoline.
We can't really expect customers to make informed decisions about the large scale environmnetal and health impact of products, regulating them is exactly the job of the governing body.
- rayiner 3y ago> There are plenty of alternative packaging materials without the health effects of PFAS, just like we learned to build properly and safely without asbestos. That’s exactly the sort of thing that would be addressed in a cost-benefit analysis. If there’s good alternatives, the cost of the ban is lower. The issue isn’t whether expert agencies should be making these decisions, it’s that the expert agency here didn’t actually do the expert analysis the law requires.
- unglaublich 3y agoWhat's the cost of polluting the environment? Burning a limited reserve of fossil oils? Ripping up developing societies? The cost to humanity is enormous. The cost to a company is zero.