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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      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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      We also survived thousands of years without any of the creature comforts our society has taken for granted. Unfortunately, all the scientific advances we’ve achieved for the betterment of mankind involved these forever chemicals in one way or another.

      I’m not saying they’re not terrible, but at least some of the voices against these restrictions aren’t in bad faith. It just speaks to the importance of finding alternatives, and we have to accept the fact that some things might not be replaceable with biodegradable solutions.

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        I thought we were banning forever chemicals in manufacturing, not science.

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        These chemicals made the creature comforts cheaper, not the creature comforts you wish to claim require them.

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      If you want to return to a feudal experience, I’m afraid it’s not like your local renaissance faire. What was it actually like?

      Well, let’s start with Yersinia Pestis, the little scoundrel…

      Antibiotics? Never heard of em.