On: 3M knew its chemicals were harmful decades ago, bu...

[hcurtiss]

People really want to believe these companies are Disney super villains. No evidence required. And no accounting for all the benefits that derive from these chemicals. Americans are really bad at risk assessment and toxicology. I suspect it will be our ultimate undoing when the Chinese come along with superior weapons that withstand higher heat thresholds or less corrosion.

[cbmuser → hcurtiss]

Europeans, especially Germans suffer from the same problem.

Chemical companies like Hoechst gave up on Germany due to its anti-scientific, emotional stance on chemistry.

Yet the same people in Germany complains nowadays that the country is having issues supplying itself with pharmaceuticals.