Haus@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 年前EPA to push ban of toxic chemical found in US drinking waterwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkEPA to push ban of toxic chemical found in US drinking waterwww.theguardian.comHaus@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square27fedilinkfile-text
The EPA had strong limits on its use until the Trump administration reversed them; now the agency wants to ban it
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·1 年前 How about the polluters pay for it Okay, lets play that out. Which specific company is the pollution in your glass of water from? Can you prove it? Does that company still exist? If you have all of those things, then you could bring a civil suit and make them pay for it.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 年前Gov’ts would have all the paperwork needed to go after the companies … if they really wanted to that is.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 年前Some of the paperwork perhaps, but not all. I’m sorry it just isn’t that simply. Few things in life are.
Okay, lets play that out. Which specific company is the pollution in your glass of water from? Can you prove it? Does that company still exist?
If you have all of those things, then you could bring a civil suit and make them pay for it.
Gov’ts would have all the paperwork needed to go after the companies … if they really wanted to that is.
Some of the paperwork perhaps, but not all. I’m sorry it just isn’t that simply. Few things in life are.