Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.
  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
    32·
    5 months ago

    That’s always their argument and try to spin it as a US problem.

    “You’ll remove a LOT OF JOBS and make everything more expensive if you ban child labor!”

    • jaspersgroove@lemm.ee
      171·
      5 months ago

      The conservatives ethos in a nutshell.

      Doing the right thing is expensive, and the only thing in the world that actually matters is money, therefore we should be allowed to do the evil thing, otherwise you hate freedom…or something.