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Horray for industry deregulation..

• MrBuddyCasino 2y ago
  > their production was banned for most uses by United States federal law on January 1, 1978, under Title 15 U.S.Code 2605(e) What exactly are you talking about?
  • delfinom 2y ago
    PCBs are still ever present because they were banned but not removed from use. The result is over the decades since the ban, there were spills and other contamination. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9323099/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9323099/
    • MrBuddyCasino 2y ago
      Removing "flame-retardants, plasticizers, paints, caulking compounds, sealants" from buildings seems overreach, you'd probably have to raze them. They didn't even do that for asbestos or lead paint.
      • delfinom 2y ago
        Yea but it wasn't just in buildings. They were for example, part of coolants used in transformers. When those fail they leak and contaminate.
        • DiggyJohnson 2y ago
          Sure, but the same argument applies.