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Reminds me of the lead paint in toy scandal during the late 2000’s. https://money.cnn.com/2009/06/05/news/companies/cpsc/ https://money.cnn.com/2009/06/05/news
by spaginal 5y ago
Reminds me of the lead paint in toy scandal during the late 2000’s.
https://money.cnn.com/2009/06/05/news/companies/cpsc/ https://money.cnn.com/2009/06/05/news/companies/cpsc/
Mattel lobbied for and helped write legislation that regulated themselves... and everyone else.
The laws ended up disproportionately hurting small toy makers while rewarding Mattel for their bad behavior.
https://reason.com/2009/08/31/law-passed-after-mattel-toy-sc/ https://reason.com/2009/08/31/law-passed-after-mattel-toy-sc...
When you realize Bezos also owns a newspaper, and journalists get paid to write articles praising this or that. Honestly, it’s enough to jade anyone at this point.
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