Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on...
by mattmaroon on Friday April 12, 2024 @02:32PM
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Sure. But if the contamination is largely from water sources, as the EPA says, your food choices are fairly meaningless in this particular instance. I don’t want a society in which the rich people have fine drinking water and the poor don’t, and that’s the only alternative to this exact government intervention.
Re:U.S. imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on...
by _heimdall on Friday April 12, 2024 @08:25PM
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I totally agree that it seems reasonable for the government to have to step in for mitigation of PFAS already in the water. This whole thread I was only talking about the part of the system that is adding those chemicals to the water to begin with.
I may not have much say in what is already in my water but I absolutely have a say in what I spend my money on.
I don't see it as a process of people having to know everything so they can opt out. As you said, that will never happen in such a complex society. Instead, people can focus much more on opting in when they do reasonably know they trust a product. That can't always be done for sure, but touching the door handle at a store is much less likely to have serious consequences than the food I eat every day.