US to ban soaps and other products containing microbeads

Re:US to ban soaps and other products containing microbeads by themartorana on Friday December 11, 2015 @07:42PM (#10721189)

Or the polluting company with deep pockets would just buy the land and do whatever they wanted.

An unregulated free market is a terrible idea. It ends in massive monopolies and natural resource destruction at an absolute level.

It's not a bad thing that that's what a free market moves towards, per se, but that's why it needs to be and is regulated. Any worthwhile conversation isn't about whether or not to regulate it, it's a what level.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:US to ban soaps and other products containing microbeads by pixelcloud on Friday December 11, 2015 @10:49PM (#10721714)

Or you sell the right to abuse the land or waterways. Then turn around and when all the clean water is gone, purify it and sell it!

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:US to ban soaps and other products containing microbeads by geon on Saturday December 12, 2015 @02:56AM (#10722125)

Carbon rights?

[ Parent | on HN ]