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It is staggering how forgiving we are of a company who lied for decades about this problem (3M) and how unwilling our institutions are to protect us from harm.
by more_corn 1y ago
It is staggering how forgiving we are of a company who lied for decades about this problem (3M) and how unwilling our institutions are to protect us from harm.
Rolling back rules against forever chemical poisoning in drinking water is just madness. This is the largest poisoning in human history and Our public institutions are doing nothing to protect us.
- jiggawatts 1y agoLeaded fuel was worse, and we collectively did nothing about it for about half a century. I wouldn’t be surprised if the behaviour of demagogues like Putin, Xi, and Trump are at least in part influenced by the damage their brains took from decades of lead exposure. I noticed than my father has trouble controlling his anger, I do too but I’m far better at this, and my kid is totally chill. Entire generations had their brains damaged and their personalities changed because industry wanted cheaper fuel.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoVery hard to punish leadership from the 70s, this type of learning is inevitable according to science historians. Now we know, simple to keep the tech where it is actually valuable, harder to train the public well enough to care. Verisatium had a great episode on it.