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Independent lab testing of consumer packaged goods is so important, expensive, unprofitable, and downright risky from a libel standpoint that I dare say it shou
by doctorhandshake 1y ago
Independent lab testing of consumer packaged goods is so important, expensive, unprofitable, and downright risky from a libel standpoint that I dare say it should be the role of government to do it.
- socalgal2 1y agoYes, because government inspectors are flawless and would never take bribes to let things pass or force them to fail. Nope, they'd never do that.
- unethical_ban 1y agoFalse implication and assuming private companies with solely a profit motive are themselves angels. ... oh, excuse me. "No siree, never would a for-profit company put out false products, nope, not ever"
- _w1tm 1y agoCertainly a flawed system is better than an outright broken one? At least the former can be improved.
- pljung 1y agoYou essentially describe the motivation for Stiftung Warentest [0]. They’re massively successful in Germany, and I rely on their tests for many consumer goods I buy. Access isn’t free though, typically costs around 5EUR per test. Coincidentally, they recently tested sunscreen [1]. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftung_Warentest https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiftung_Warentest [1] https://www.test.de/Test-Sonnencreme-und-Sonnenspray-fuer-Erwachsene-4868984-0/ https://www.test.de/Test-Sonnencreme-und-Sonnenspray-fuer-Er...
- doctorhandshake 1y agoIn the US I like labdoor.com and examine.com and ewg.org but they’re not nearly what I’d like them to be. EDIT: to clarify, of the three only labdoor does independent testing
- KolibriFly 1y agoFeels like one of those classic cases where the market alone can't sort it out, and strong public infrastructure should step in
- e40 1y agoAnd yet we are going in the exact opposite direction.