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Cool.

But the reason you’re being downvoted, is that instead of commenting this, you made a comment that sounded like you were dismissing the dangers of PFAS, and dismissing it as the modern-day equivalent to lead, asbestos, and the like.

Which is what it is, and you clearly agree that it is.

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interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The difference with leaded gasoline and asbestos, is that everyone everywhere was being exposed to those.

And the current trajectory regarding PFAS is, a complete ban wcl.org.uk/transitioning-to-a-pfas-free-economy.a…

But they’re not a problem everywhere, they’re a problem of containment at the manufacturer.

This is what sloppy statements like plastics and teflon are tantamount to the widespread lead and mercury poisoning. That’s just not the case but acting like it is, is exactly how industry initiate regulatory capture.

I see it the same as the big tech giants pushing hard FOR regulation, because ultimately the rules, written with their impetus will become their motes and we will all pay for it.

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- piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  But they’re not a problem everywhere, they’re a problem of containment at the manufacturer.
  
  So screw the local environment and the people thag live there? If the manufacturer could capture and destroy pfoa’s before release, why havent they done so? If they could and didnt, then they brought the ban unpon themselves.
  
  This is like arguing “oh, but the oil spill was in a remote part of the ocean and would never effect my house, so keep on drilling baby!”
  
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  - interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Or make sure they don’t have spills again, doesn’t seem that hard.
    
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    piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Right… like how hard is it not crash a ship into a bridge? Even good stewards have accidents. So if there something better and less destructive to the environment, it should be strongly prefered.
    
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