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Re:Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula by toofy on Thursday October 31, 2024 @07:28AM (#42005697)
it is.

and it absolutely won’t be limited to coffee lids. when we don’t hold creators and sellers of products to any kind of real standard, they over and over and over will cut corners. we know this is a fact.

when we don’t hold them responsible for the harms they directly or externally cause, we have to waste our fucking time scrutinizing ridiculous items like coffee lids. soon it will be each of the hundreds of items we buy during our regular trips to target—from toothbrush to laundry soap to shampoo to batteries.

we have to get some actual enforceable testing, standards, and holding bad actors to account soon or it’s going to be a very very real mess.

when we can’t trust companies to sell us safe spatulas or the lids on our coffee cups, we know we’ve gone off the rails.

no one has time to “do their own research” on the hundreds or thousands of random products they come in contact with every single day, “the market” has never fixed this, this requires regulations with teeth.

Re:Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula by cchi_co on Friday November 08, 2024 @01:57AM (#42084800)
This isn’t just about convenience - it’s about the fundamental right to know the products we use daily won’t pose unnecessary risks