[ExI] nutrition - phthlates

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 20 20:47:48 UTC 2016


I like the UL, formerly Underwriters Laboratories, model of ensuring
product safety. Government isn't involved and rated products are generally
safe.  dave

To which I"d like to add Consumer Reports.  I have never seen the
trustworthiness of their ratings challenged.  bill w

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki <
> rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> ### Yeah, exactly, how often has industry resisted regulation of things
>> that turned out to be really bad? Can you name examples? (aside from
>> tobacco) How many thousands of examples can you adduce? Hundreds? Dozens?
>> Compared to how many millions of products that are on the market? How many
>> specific examples of substance regulation have unequivocally positive net
>> effects on human welfare?
>>
>
> I could name dozens without trying too hard. Tetraethyllead in gasoline is
> one obvious example. Two more low-hanging fruit are lead in plumbing and
> lead in paint.
>
>
>> Data are suspect to begin with. Singling out "industry" to be distrusted
>> is manipulative.
>>
>
> Except they have a history of selling dangerous products.
>
>
>> ### We cannot trust anybody, and certainly not government thugs, to
>> regulate any industry. "Regulating" is usually a way of attacking workers
>> under the pretense of protecting the public, and there is just too much
>> money and power to be gained doing that.
>>
>
> I like the UL, formerly Underwriters Laboratories, model of ensuring
> product safety. Government isn't involved and rated products are generally
> safe.
>
> -Dave
>
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