As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.

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      1 year ago

      I am so not understanding all the comments on this post that are literally defending their right to be given cancer by large corporations.

      Wtf are the responses to this comment? “No, I like being poisoned for profit!” Jfc.

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    1 year ago

    These are critical chemistries that enable modern day life

    Then maybe we need to examine “modern day life” with a more critical eye. Some sacrifices may need to be made, because they are worth being made.

    There are also measures that lie between “ban” and “use freely”. If we cannot eliminate the use of these chemicals in chipmaking, then we need to reconsider the disposability of these chips, or we can even consider if less effective processes result in less damaging chemical use, and accept a bit of regression as a trade-off.