Oh no, they knew plastics were bad news. They invented recycling to shift the conversation to consumers and now our entire planet is blanketed with it.
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Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoI don’t think so.
Human history can be summed up in two words: unintended consequences.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
After seeing this happen with so many other things, it’s hard to think of the corporation as a hapless victim of chance.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think that you’re right to assume that corporations do not give a fuck beyond profit. I think you’re wrong to assume that they somehow ‘knew’. Occam’s Razor dictates that they likely didn’t.
GoTeamBoobies@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Here’s one story about forever chemicals and executives knowing
propublica.org/…/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-i…