Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
by nitrogen on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:49PM
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Not sure if you are serious, but markets don't work in the face of incomplete information, a state exacerbated by misleading advertising around antibacterial and germicidal products. Arguing that the market knows more than scientists about triclosan is...bizarre.
Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
by bko on Friday September 02, 2016 @06:03PM
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Markets and prices exist precisely due to imperfect information. Do you know all the resources that go into making a product? Probably not. This is pretty basic economics:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/04/the_powe...
Re:FDA Orders Antibacterials Removed from Consumer Soaps
by omginternets on Friday September 02, 2016 @10:44PM
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Yes, it was meant as a value judgement, and this brings us back to the original point: the reason we as a society ban antibacterial soap and not Elijah Craig is because we value the latter for cultural and social reasons. This value judgement is reflected in our laws.
It's a feature, not a bug.
I don't get it. Don't you want to prevent epidemics of incurable diseases and enjoy a beer? I mean no disrespect but I don't understand what's so shocking or surprising about these laws.
That's a value judgement. I would argue it does have a positive counterweight as people spend money to buy the product. That's pretty much the purpose of a market. To tease out the value people put in certain items and to direct resources into said products