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I remember in the 90s hearing from the experts at DuPont, etc about how safe the fluorinated organics were.

Not only do we (USA) not use the precautionary principle as a guide, we continue to trust companies to test their own products for health and environmental impacts - in spite of what is now extensive history of failures of this approach to assessing chemical hazards. Failures include both corporate lies and sheltering behind "we followed the law" defenses. Both are aggravated by older, inadequate toxicology standards that failed to comprehend current research results - yet offer a defense for corporate obfuscation.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/02/toxic-pfas-menstrual-pads-carefree-edgewell?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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