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Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ (www.theguardian.com)

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The Trump administration plans to reverse hundreds of state-level bans on toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" and other harmful substances by changing EPA risk evaluation rules.

The move would pre-empt state laws restricting chemicals in consumer goods, weakening protections under statutes like California’s Prop 65.

Critics warn this will increase public exposure to carcinogens and hormone disruptors. The Trump EPA will assess chemicals by specific use rather than overall risk, likely exempting many products.

Though implementation may take years, advocates expect ongoing pressure from states and consumers to limit toxic chemical use.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (5 children)

For social policies? Yes.

For business regulation policies? No.

It's money, money now and money fast. Fuck the future, the now is profitable. That's what these people want. To these business owners the only thing that matters is "line go up each quarter". They don't care that in the future there won't be as many people to sell to because they've destroyed the environment and made everyone sick.

These people need some adjusting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I mean you could extrapolate that to cruelty, fossile fuel businesses have know for decades the harm they are causing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Cruelty =/= psychopathy.

Cruelty implies the motive for the action is to inflict pain and suffering.

Industries like the fossil fuel business aren't extracting, refining, and selling those polluting fuel sources because they WANT to see the world burn. They just don't care that it does.

The world isn't a Saturday morning cartoon where the evil oil Barron laughs manically as he watches run-off flow into the rivers killing wildlife, rubbing his hands together with glee as he enjoys watching the world burn before him.

No, in the real world the evil oil executives sit around in a board room looking at spreadsheets discussing revenue, operating costs, and sales projections for the next quarter and are somewhere between stressed over deadlines and bored out of their minds, and just thinking about how they're going to spend their next bonus.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Assuming they’re joining those meetings in person instead of from their mansions/yachts/private jets now that they’re afraid of catching that blue shell

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