56 points
*

Awesome. The guys at Dupont, Chemours (a subsidiary of Dupont), and 3M who put this shit into everything despite their own testing in the 70’s showing that it accumulated in humans and caused an increase in cancer must be super proud of themselves. They made their CEO’s millionaires, and all they had to do was poison everyone they ever knew, loved or cared about (plus everyone else).

Dupont CEO’s

Charles B. McCoy (67-73)

Irving S, Shapiro (73-81)

Edward G. Jefferson (81-86)

Richard E. Heckert (86-89)

Edgar S. Woolard Jr. (89-95)

John A. Krol (95-98)

Charles O. Holliday Jr. (98-08)

Ellen J. Kullman (08-15)

Edward D. Breen (15-20)

Marc Doyle (20)

Edward D. Breen (20-Present)

3M CEO’s

Bert S. Cross (66-70)

Harry Heltzer (70-75)

Raymond H. Herzog (75-80)

Lewis W. Lehr (80-86)

Allen F. Jacobson (86-91)

Livio DeSimone (91-01)

James McNerney (01-05)

Robert S. Morrison (05)

George W. Buckley (05-12)

Inge Thulin (12-18)

Michael F. Roman (19- present)

permalink
report
reply
17 points

Yeah. More people involved need to be seeing jail.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Now include the boards and major shareholders.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

The British Columbia government has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called “forever chemicals” it says are involved in the widespread contamination of drinking water systems.

Attorney General Niki Sharma says the province is the first Canadian jurisdiction to sue makers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, known as PFAS chemicals.

B.C. has filed similar class-action lawsuits in the past, targeting tobacco manufacturers in 1998 and opioid makers in 2018 to recover health-care costs associated with those substances.
B.C. launches lawsuit against makers of ‘forever chemicals’

permalink
report
reply
8 points

It probably wont happen in the US, but i really hope enough countries crack down on PFAs to have some reliable sources of safe everyday products

permalink
report
reply
4 points

Great interview with investigative journalist about the work she did on uncovering PFAS https://youtu.be/zjjI7dqVvLQ?feature=shared

permalink
report
reply
-4 points

I’m not sure that that matters when it’s in our food and water.

permalink
report
reply
15 points

Toilet is actively flooding the basement. No need to turn the water off, the basement is already wet.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Fixing a leaky tap isn’t going to help much during a flood. I don’t know the numbers to be making any kind of judgement call and of course every little bit help. But sometimes a small issue really is so insignificant that fixing it has no noticeable impact in the bigger picture.

Often it can even be a great way for companies to look like their doing something to help and distract from the fact that they’re the ones causing the bigger problem.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Turning the water to the toilet off won’t do much when the whole length of the plumbing is split and spewing water throughout the whole house.

We already know PFAS can be absorbed through the skin, but it’s so much worse being absorbed internally. We already know how bad that is for us, so it doesn’t matter if it’s bad or worse, we should try to get exposure to zero regardless.

permalink
report
parent
reply
0 points
*

i never said turn off the water at the toilet. You’re just looking to argue.

permalink
report
parent
reply

science

!science@lemmy.world

Create post

just science related topics. please contribute

note: clickbait sources/headlines aren’t liked generally. I’ve posted crap sources and later deleted or edit to improve after complaints. whoops, sry

Rule 1) Be kind.

lemmy.world rules: https://mastodon.world/about

I don’t screen everything, lrn2scroll

Community stats

  • 3K

    Monthly active users

  • 1K

    Posts

  • 11K

    Comments